CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Baseball (30-24, 16-11 OVC) secured the #4 seed in the 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament by completing the sweep of Little Rock (19-32, 8-16 OVC) by a final score of 14-4 in seven innings on Saturday afternoon.
The Redhawks reached the 30-win milestone for the fourth time in the last five seasons with the series sweep of Little Rock behind 13 hits and 14 runs and a strong outing from RHP
Sam Heyman (6-6).
Heyman picked up his sxith victory of the season with a 5.1 inning performance, allowing just three earned runs on five hits and struck out a pair of Trojans over 22 hitters faced.
The story of the day was the Redhawks' monstrous third inning where they recorded 11 hits, 13 runs, as they sent 18 hitters to the plate.
Trailing 3-0 to start the home half, a leadoff single from catcher
Shea McGahan, a single through the right side from
Carson Schrack, and a walk from
Brooks Kettering loaded the bases for senior
Michael Mugan.
Mugan blasted his ninth home run of the season to right field recording his second grand slam of the season to give SEMO a 4-3 lead. Back-to-back hits from
Gunnar Doyle and
Bryce Cannon continued the rally as
Cole Warehime traded places with Cannon to drive both Redhwaks in to make it 6-3.
An RBI double by
Ty Stauss and a single from
Andrew Ramirez drove in two more runs for the Redhawks to make it 8-3. The Redhawks would score five more runs in the frame to take a 13-3 lead into the fourth inning.
LR would add a run on a pinch-hit, solo home run by Aiden McGinnis to make it 13-4 Redhawks in the sixth inning. Short stop
Brooks Kettering stepped to the plate after a pinch-hit, hit-by-pitch by senior
Caleb Corbin.
Kettering roped a double the opposite way as Corbin came around to score from first base to give SEMO a 10-run lead going into the seventh inning.
RHP
Eddie White shut the door as the Redhawks picked up the 10-run, seven inning victory in the regular season finale.
Looking Ahead
#4 Southeast Missouri will await the winner of #5 USI and #8 Little Rock, who play at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, May 21 at 4 p.m. from Mtn. Dew Park in Marion, Illinois in the 2025 OVC Baseball Tournament.
