CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (29-24, 15-11 OVC) picked up its second-straight victory over Little Rock (19-31, 8-15 OVC) with a 10-4 victory on Friday afternoon at Capaha Field.
LHP
Haden Dow (5-4) picked up his fifth victory of the season in his final start as a Redhawk at Capaha Field. Dow pitched 5.0 innings allowing just three earned runs on four hits. He struck out three Trojans over 67 pitches.
The Redhawks continued their offensive output again on Friday, scoring 10 runs on 10 hits led by first baseman
Bryce Cannon. Cannon finished 3-5 at the plate with his team-leading 19
th double of the season and a pair of RBIs.
Right fielder
Cole Warehime crushed his 12
th home run of the season to help power the offense. Warehime finished 1-2 at the plate with three RBIs and a pair of walks.
The Redhawks jumped out of the gate with three runs off LR's Jackson Wells (2-6). Wells hit the first two batters he faced in
Brooks Kettering and
Michael Mugan to begin the inning.
Cannon's first RBI of the afternoon was a bullet single to left field to score
Brooks Kettering from second base, as Mugan went first to third on the hit which allowed Cannon to advance to second on the throw.
With two outs in the inning, third baseman
Andrew Ramirez executed a perfect bunt for a hit to score Mugan. Cannon would come across to score after LR's catcher recorded a throwing error as the Redhawks led 3-0 after the first inning.
Warehime's two-run home run gave the Redhawks a 5-0 lead after the third inning as
Gunnar Doyle came across to score after a leadoff walk in the frame.
The Trojans made things interesting in the middle of the game with a run in the top of the fourth, two more in the top of the fifth, and another run in the top of the sixth to trim the SEMO lead to 5-4.
Catcher
Liam Forsyth provided a huge RBI single to right field in the bottom of the sixth inning to score
Caleb Champion from third base after he stole the third base bag.
After a walk to
Carson Schrack,
Brooks Kettering came to the plate with a pair of Redhawks on the base. Kettering singled up the middle to score Forsyth from second base to make it 7-4 Redhawks after the sixth inning.
RHP
Gavin Johnston and LHP
Jackson Kranawetter shut the door on the Trojans offense pitching the final 4.0 innings combined. The duo allowed just one hit and struck out seven combined Trojans.
The Redhawks would add three more runs with a two-run seventh, and another run in the eighth to take the second game of the series by a final score of 10-4.