Games 10-14
Miami (OH) (7-1) vs. Southeast Missouri (3-6)
 
Series Information: 
Dates: Friday, February 27 – Sunday, March 1
Times: Fri: 3 p.m. | Sat: 12 p.m. & 4 p.m. | Sun: 1 p.m.
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo. 
Venue: Capaha Field (2,000)
Sawyers vs. Miami (OH): First meeting
 
Head Coaches: 
SEMO: Andy Sawyers (338-255 overall; 250-228 at SEMO; 10^th Season)
Miami (OH): Brian Smiley (69-51 at Miami (OH); Third Season)
 
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Redhawks Baseball hosts Miami (OH) for Four-Game Series this Weekend
Southeast Missouri Baseball (3-6) will host Mid-American Conference member Miami (7-1) for a four-game weekend beginning on Friday, February 27 and running through Sunday, March 1.  All four games will take place in Cape Girardeau from the friendly confines of Capaha Field. 
 
Series Setup
The Redhawks and RedHawks will play a four-game series beginning on Friday at 3 p.m., CT. Saturday will feature a doubleheader between the two clubs beginning at 12 p.m., with the second game beginning roughly 30-minutes after the conclusion of the first game. Sunday's finale is slated to begin at 1 p.m., CT. 
 
Redhawks vs. RedHawks
Southeast Missouri State and Miami University are both nicknamed the Redhawks. One signature distinction between the two is SEMO spells its mascot as 'Redhawks' while Miami University capitalizes the 'H', i.e. RedHawks. Three schools are nicknamed the 'Redhawks' including the two this weekend and Seattle University, who joined Division I athletics on July 1, 2025. 
 
First Time Ever
This weekend's series marks the first ever meeting between the two programs on the baseball field. 10^th year head coach Andy Sawyers has led the Redhawks against six teams from the MAC and has an overall record of 17-8 against teams from that conference. Most recently, the Redhawks took two-of-three from Northern Illinois out of the MAC during the 2025 campaign at a netural site in Oxford, Alabama. 
 
Midweek Recap
Southeast Missouri traveled to #25 Ole Miss on Tuesday afternoon in midweek action. The Redhawks fell by a final score of 13-3 in seven innings from Swayze Field in Oxford, Mississippi. SEMO jumped out to a 1-0 lead after Designated Hitter Joe Hall roped his first-of-two RBI singles to score Caleb Klein from second base. Hall finished 2-4 at the plate with a pair of RBIs in the contest. Mississippi scored nine runs over the first two innings, three in the first and six in the second, to extend their lead to 9-2 after two innings. SEMO's pitching staff held the Rebels' lineup in check over the next four innings as RHP Eddie White, LHP Ranard Grace, and RHP Nathan Mertens pitched 4.1 innings of scoreless baseball into the seventh inning. The Rebels scored four in the seventh to complete the run-rule victory Tuesday night. 
 
Stolen Bases
The Redhawks come into the weekend series with 15 stolen bases as a team. In nine games, SEMO has recorded four or more stolen bases in three games including their most recent game at Ole Miss. SEMO Baseball ranks third in the Ohio Valley Conference in steals and 66^th in the country in the same category. The Redhawks are averaging 1.67 stolen bases per game. 
 
Swiped
Junior newcomer Joe Terranova made his third-straight start of the season on Tuesday night at Ole Miss. Terranova drew a walk in the top of the second inning as the first-of-two-straight walks drawn by the Redhawks in the inning (Yule). Terranova recorded his first stolen base in a Redhawk uniform as he took third base and later scored on an RBI single by Carson Schrack.
 
Hot Start
Designated hitter Joe Hall had an impressive day in Oxford on Tuesday afternoon. The Kansas City, Mo.-native finished 2-4 at the plate with a pair of RBI singles as he now has 14 hits on the season through nine games. He ranks fourth in the OVC in hits and 51^st in the country in the category. He leads the club with a .424 batting average with four extra base hits. 
 
The Tank
Sophomore catcher Tank Sims recorded his first extra base hit of the season on Tuesday afternoon. Sims roped a double against Ole Miss marking the first double of the season and his career, as he missed 2025 due to redshirting. He is hitting .294 (5-17) and has started five games behind the dish this season. 
 
Drive 'Em In
First baseman Cal Sullivan leads the Redhawks in the RBI category as he has 12 RBIs through the first nine games of the season. Sullivan, who has played in every single game so far this season, ranks second in the Ohio Valley Conference in RBIs and is 76^th in the country. He has three games this season with multiple RBIs including a season-high five earlier this year against Illinois State (2/15). 
 
Good Eye
Three Redhawks are tied for the team lead in walks this season through nine games. Caleb Klein, Cal Sullivan, and Brooks Kettering each have drawn five walks in 2026. As a team, SEMO ranks first in the Ohio Valley Conference in drawing base-on-balls and are 99^th in the country. Junior Brooks Kettering has led the Redhawks in two-straight seasons in walks, registering 46 walks in each of his first two seasons. 
 
Top 25
Infielder Brooks Kettering has done a great job with the bunt this season, leading the Redhawks in sacrifice bunts. The Redhawks, who execute small ball at a high clip, have five sacrifice buns through nine games led by Kettering who has two in 2026. Kettering ranks at the top of the Ohio Valley Conference and is 24^th in the nation in sacrifice bunting. 
 
Nardo
LHP Ranard Grace had an impressive inning of work on Tuesday night back in his home state. The Madison, Mississippi-native dealt a scoreless inning against Ole Miss as he struck out a pair of Rebels and did not surrender a hit. He has eight strikeouts on the season in just 4.2 innings pitched and has allowed just two earned runs this season. In three-straight appearances, Grace has not surrendered an earned run.
 
Mr. White
RHP Eddie White had a standout performance on the mound for the Redhawks on Tuesday night. White pitched the longest of any pitcher in the ballgame from a SEMO perspective as he went 2.1 innings. White allowed just two hits over nine hitters faced, struck out one, and surrendered just one walk without allowing a run. White has now allowed zero runs 14 different times in his career coming out of the bullpen for the Redhawks.