CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (28-24, 14-11 OVC) snapped a six-game losing streak with a 19-0 shutout victory over Little Rock (19-30, 8-14 OVC) on Thursday evening at Capaha Field.
The Redhawks, who earned their fourth shutout victory of the season, got an unbelievable outing from RHP
Nathan Mertens to stifle the Trojans offense. Mertens (7-2) allowed just one hit in 7.0 innings pitched while striking out six en route to his seventh victory of 2025.
Offensively, SEMO used two big innings scoring 15 runs over the second and third inning(s) to power past Little Rock. The Redhawks pounded out 11 hits as a team and drew a season-high 15 walks.
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Gunnar Doyle led the way with a team-high seven RBIs as he finished 3-5 at the plate with his fifth home run of the season, a grand slam in the bottom of the third inning.
The Redhawks got on the board with a huge two-out double from
Carson Schrack in the bottom of the second inning. Schrack's double sparked a furious two-out rally as all seven runs in the inning scored with two outs.
Doyle's first two RBIs came around to score on a two-RBI single to left center field to score
Brooks Kettering and
Carson Schrack to make it 4-0 SEMO. A bases loaded, three-RBI double by
Cole Warehime made it 7-0 Redhawks.
A pair of walks began the third inning drawn by Schrack and Kettering before a perfectly executed bunt by
Michael Mugan loaded the bases for Doyle. Doyle smacked his grand slam over the left center field wall to make it 11-0 Redhawks with no outs in the third.
More two out RBIs came after a walk to
Bryce Cannon saw him all the way to third base after a hit-by-pitch to
Andrew Ramirez and another walk to catcher
Shea McGahan loaded the bases again.
Schrack was hit-by-a-pitch to bring across the 12
th run,
Brooks Kettering drew a walk for his lone RBI of the game to make it 13-0, and a two-RBI single by
Michael Mugan scored runs 14 and 15 as the route was on.
Four more SEMO runs came across in the bottom of the eighth inning to make it 19-0 Redhawks to secure the victory.