TUESDAY'S SCORES
@Ole Miss 12,
Little Rock 10
@Western Illinois 17,
Lindenwood 10
@Morehead State 8, University of the Cumberlands 7
Murray State 5,
@Southeast Missouri 0
@Southern Illinois 14,
Southern Indiana 3
OLE MISS 12, LITTLE ROCK 10
OXFORD, Miss. - The Trojans led for a vast majority of the first seven innings and didn't allow Ole Miss to take a lead during that time, but ultimately fell to the Rebels 12-10 in an offensive shootout Tuesday afternoon at Swayze Field. The loss drops Little Rock's record to 25-17 on the season with a trip to Evansville, Indiana for an OVC weekend series against Southern Indiana up next.
Alex Seguine started off the game much like he has been over the past couple of weeks, with a hit to the opposite field this time going for extra bases as he cruised into second with a leadoff double. Following a strikeout, Luke Pectol stepped up to the plate and crushed his sixth homer of the year into right-center which handed Little Rock the early 2-0 lead after the first inning.
Ole miss responded in the bottom of the first with a homerun of its own, a solo shot that came with two outs in the inning, again out to right field.
Both offenses went quietly in the second inning and Little Rock starter Camden Sargent struck out two Rebels to lead off the inning before a pop out to Seguine following a walk ended the uneventful inning.
The score was evened up at two for just a few batters with Ole Miss scoring an unearned run in the bottom of the third inning. Little Rock changed things in the top of the fourth. A base hit and double play gave the impression of another scoreless inning but four consecutive free passes, two via walk and two by hit by pitch, gave the Trojans a bases loaded situation and a 3-2 lead. Tyler Williams then proceeded to drop a single into right field to score two before Pectol doubled to right for another pair of RBI. At the end of the inning the Trojans were up by five at a score of 7-2.
Ole Miss continued to take advantage of the windy day at Swayze Field in the bottom of the inning, hitting two more two run homeruns to right field to bring the game within one run.
Little Rock gained a bit of cushion in the top of the sixth. A single and double from Seguine and Williams put runners on second and third for Pectol, who beat out a slow groundball to short for an infield single and RBI. With the bases loaded and two gone in the inning Noah Brewer slapped a single into left field that brought Williams and Pectol home and put Little Rock back up by four at 10-6.
The Rebels again cut the lead in half with yet another two run homerun in the bottom of the sixth and were threatening for more when a pair of strikeouts by Chance Vaught ended the inning.
In the seventh Ole Miss pulled within one with a sacrifice fly to left and in the eighth struck for three more to take the first lead of the afternoon. The Trojans were unable to make a comeback in the ninth and dropped the heartbreaker in Oxford.
Despite being on the wrong side of the scoreboard, the Trojans out hit Ole Miss 15-11 on the afternoon and led for a majority of the contest, four Trojans collected multiple hits on the day.
Pectol led the way in an incredible 4-for-5 game with three extra base hits in his first three at bats. The Little Rock native drove in a team high five RBI and scored twice.
Williams was the other Trojan to collect four hits, going 4-for-6 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored.
Seguine scored every time he reached base for three runs scored in a 2-for-5 game that also saw him walk once.
Brewer was the final Trojan to have multiple hits, going 2-for-5 with two singles and a pair of RBI.
Sargent was good in his start, the junior righthander pitched three innings and allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two.
WESTERN ILLINOIS 17, LINDENWOOD 10
MACOMB, Ill. - Recap coming soon.
MOREHEAD STATE 8, UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS 7
MOREHEAD, Ky. - The Morehead State baseball team rallied from down 7-5 in the seventh inning to defeat the University of the Cumberlands Patriots 8-7 Tuesday. Chase Vinson's two-run blast in the eighth gave the Eagles a lead they didn't relinquish in the ninth, as Luke Lyman came on and recorded his first collegiate save.
Trevor Callahan (1-1) picked up the victory out of the bullpen for Morehead State (27-16). The right-hander wcame on and recorded the final out of the eighth for the Eagles. Hunter Porter also made an impact on the mound for the Eagles, throwing three innings, giving up two runs, zero earned, on two hits, with five walks and two strikeouts.
Offensively, the Eagles were paced by Nick Gooden, who had a three-hit game with an RBI. Jackson Feltner posted a multi-hit game with an RBI double, and Jacob Ferry went 1-3 with an RBI double as well.
The Eagles were trailing 2-0 in the first inning when they first put runs on the board. Morehead State got an RBI single from Becker, scoring Jackson Feltner from second base.
The Eagles kept the deficit at 2-1 before taking the lead in the second. Morehead State picked up two runs, including one on a solo round-tripper off the bat of Guzman, which brought the Eagles lead to 3-2.
Morehead State's lead had disappeared once the seventh inning came around and turned into a 7-3 deficit, when the Eagles cut that deficit to 7-5. The Eagles recorded two runs, punctuated by a run-scoring double off the bat of junior Jacob Ferry.
Morehead State kept the Patriots off the board before taking the lead in the eighth. The three-run frame for the Eagles was puncuated by a two-run homer from Vinson. bringing the Morehead State advantage to 8-7. The score remained 8-7 for the rest of the game, as the Eagles held on for the win.
MURRAY STATE 5, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 0
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri (26-20, 14-4 OVC) dropped the midweek contest against Murray State (25-21, 10-8 MVC) by a final score of 5-0 at Capaha Field.
The loss snapped a four-game win streak for the Redhawks dating back to last Tuesday's contest against Southern Illinois (4/25).
RHP Payton Lawrence (3-1) started on the mound for the Redhawks. The Dixon, Ill.-native tossed six complete innings allowing just two runs on three hits. Lawrence had a career-high 10 strikeouts over 97 pitches.
Lawrence took his first loss of the season in the outing.
The Redhawks offense only mustered three hits on the night as the Racers used six different pitchers to take the game and the season series.
SEMO left runners in scoring position eight different times in the ball game and failed to capitalize on any of them as the Redhawks were held to no runs for only the third time this season.
The Racers broke the 0-0 tie in the top of the sixth inning with a two-run home run off the bat of right fielder Dustin Mercer to give Murray a 2-0 lead.
SEMO loaded the bases in the bottom of the same inning.
With two outs, Lincoln Andrews drew a walk. Peyton Leeper and Brett Graber drew back-to-back walks to load the bases.
A fly out to center field off RHP pitcher Malik Pogue halted the opportunity for the Redhawks.
Murray scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to secure the victory on Tuesday night.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 14, SOUTHERN INDIANA 3
CARBONDALE, Ill. - University of Southern Indiana Baseball ended its road trip with a loss at Southern Illinois University, 14-3, Tuesday afternoon in Carbondale, Illinois. USI watched its record go to 15-29 overall, while SIU is 25-20 this spring.
The Screaming Eagles got off to a good start, posting a 1-0 lead after one and a 2-1 advantage after the top of the second. USI senior second baseman Lucas McNew (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) put the Eagles on the scoreboard first, 1-0, with a RBI-single.
After SIU knotted the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the first, USI sophomore shortstop Ricardo Van Grieken (Venezuela) put the Eagles back into the lead, 2-1, with a bases loaded walk. The Salukis responded with a seven-run bottom of the second to take the lead for good in the contest, 8-2.
SIU increased the USI deficit to 12-2 with a four-run third before USI could get back on the scoreboard. Junior leftfielder Drew Taylor (Jeffersonville, Indiana) hit his third home run of the season to pull the Eagles within 12-3 after four innings. That would be as close as the Eagles would come in the final frames as the Salukis closed out the scoring with a tally in the fifth and the sixth for the 14-3 final.
On the bump, sophomore right-hander Gavin Seebold (Jeffersonville, Indiana) took the loss. Seebold (2-4) allowed seven runs, six earned, on five hits in 1.2 innings of work.