Morehead, Ky. – Southeast Missouri got four runs in the top of the ninth inning, capped by designated hitter Gunnar Doyle's three-run home run, and escaped with an 11-10 win Sunday at Allen Field at Prefontaine Park.
Morehead State reliever
Josh Furtado (2-2) got the first two batters in the ninth out. SEMO (26-18/ 13-5 OVC), then strung together three straight singles to cut the lead to 10-8, setting up Doyle's
heroics.
Redhawk reliever Caden Kickhaefer (2-1) picked up the win, getting three outs to end the eighth inning. Jackson Kranawetter (8) got the save, throwing the ninth inning.
Morehead State (12-30/ 2-16 OVC) scored three unearned runs in the second inning.
Alex Kean reached with a two-out single up the middle, and
Aubrey Kearns worked a walk.
Austyn Peak then reached on an error by SEMO third baseman Andrew Ramirez to load the bases. MSU third baseman
Griffin Olson then cleared the bases with a triple to deep left center to put the Eagles ahead 3-0.
The Eagles tacked on another run in the third inning.
Davis Germann reached on a double high off the screen in right center. He was driven home by
Andy Cisneros' two-out double into the right field corner.
Southeast Missouri (25-18/ 12-5) scored two in the fourth inning on Ty Stauss' two-run home run over the screen in right center. They pulled even in the fifth inning on center fielder Michael Mugan's two-out double to right field.
The Eagles responded in the home half of the fifth, scoring four runs to go ahead 8-4.
Caden Sheridan and
Hunter Thomas led off the inning with singles. They were advanced by Germann's sacrifice bunt and driven home by
JJ Dutton's flare double on the right field line.
After SEMO scored a solo run in the top of the sixth, Morehead State got it back on Sheridan's leadoff home run down the left field line to make the score 9-5.
SEMO added two more runs in the eighth inning, and Morehead State scored without a hit to go to the ninth inning ahead 10-7.
MSU starter
Bradley Poynter (2-3) pitched five innings: he allowed four earned runs on six hits and struck out four Redhawk batters.
NOTABLE
- Davis German has hit safely in the last four games and 12 of the last 14.
- Andy Cisneros has hit safely in nine of the last ten games.
- Austyn Peak reached base four times in the game without a hit. He was hit by pitches twice, reached on an error and walked once.
- Caden Sheridan, Andy Cisneros and Alex Kean all finished with two hits in the game.
