CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri (10-20, 6-5) completed a series sweep of Tennessee State (0-24, 0-12) with a pair of run-rule victories Sunday. SEMO beat TSU by scores of 14-4 and 9-1 in five innings.
SEMO scored 13 unanswered runs on its way to a five-inning game one victory.
Down, 4-1, the Redhawks put up seven runs in the bottom of the second and tacked on six more in the third to blow by the Tigers.
Lilly Blagoue led off with a walk and pinch-runner
Kaylyn Yamnitz scored on
Raigan Brannon's single up the middle.
Kamden Hutton ripped a double down the left field line to bring home
Sydney Miles.
Madison Winkler later lifted a sacrifice fly to left and Hutton scored before
Addy Martinie hit a three-RBI double. Martinie then scored on Blagoue's double to left giving SEMO an 8-4 advantage.
The Redhawks continued their onslaught in the third.
Lilly Delmain had a two-RBI infield single, and
Aubrie Shore drew a bases loaded walk to bring home Delmain. Martinie grounded out to short, and
Brittany Affolter scored. Pinch-hitter
Abby Robbins belted her first career double to score both Shore and Winkler extending the Redhawks lead to 14-4.
Freshman
Summer Branch (1-1) picked up her first career win in the circle. Branch threw three scoreless, one-hit innings with two strikeouts out of the bullpen.
Miriam Gordon (0-4) took the loss. Gordon gave up eight runs on six hits and walked one in 1.2 innings.
SEMO outhit TSU, 10-4.
Delmain finished at 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBI, while Brannon went 2-for-3 with a run scored and Hutton went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and one RBI. Martinie added a career-high four RBI, as well.
In the nightcap,
Willow Van Haren allowed just one run on five hits and tied a career-high seven strikeouts in the circle.
Tied, 1-1, SEMO blew the game open with six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to give Van Haren all the run support she needed.
The Redhawks sent 11 hitters to the plate during their decisive inning.
SEMO added two more runs on a walk-off double by Winkler to finish off the mercy rule win in the fifth.
Van Haren improved to 2-6 this season.
Winkler went 2-for-3 with four RBI and Shore was 2-for-2 with a walk, while Affolter scored three runs to lead SEMO, which had eight hits.
The Redhawks, now on a four-game winning streak, return to action when they travel to SIU Edwardsville on Apr. 3-4.