SATURDAY'S SCORES
Eastern Illinois 4-2, Bellarmine 2-8 (Marion, Ill.)
@VMI 16,
Western Illinois 6
Morehead State 11, @Butler 8
@Southeast Missouri 9, Milwaukee 2
@Kansas State 8,
SIUE 4
Lindenwood 4, @Iowa 3
@Georgia Southern 14,
Tennessee Tech 4
@UT Martin 9, Mississippi Valley State 1
EASTERN ILLINOIS 4-2, BELLARMINE 2-8
MARION, Ill. - Recap coming soon.
VMI 16, WESTERN ILLINOIS 6
LEXINGTON, Va. - Recap coming soon.
MOREHEAD STATE 11, BUTLER 8
INDIANAPOLIS - Morehead State scored runs in bunches and came away with an 11-8 win over Butler at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana.
Morehead State (7-8) broke open the game by putting up four runs in the sixth and another three runs in the seventh. Eagle second baseman Nick Griffith led off the sixth with a single up the middle. Shortstop Jaden Correa reached on an error and third baseman Griffin Olson walked to load the bases. JJ Dutton then walked to force Griffith home. After a balk scored Correa and moved the runners up, left fielder Kyle Krupp cleared the bases with a two-run single and pushed Morehead State ahead 10-4.
The Eagles got things going again in the seventh, getting one-out, back-to-back-to-back home runs from Griffith, Correa and Olson. Morehead State plated a last run in the ninth when Aubrey Kearns led off with a walk and scored on Correa's ground out.
Cole Wells (1-1) earned the win out of the bullpen for Morehead State. Wells threw four innings, allowing four runs on four hits. He walked two and struck our six Butler hitters. Morehead State freshman Luke Hayes faced one batter in the ninth for his first collegiate save.
Morehead State starter Alex Miller threw 4.2 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits. He walked two and struck out six Bulldog batters.
The Eagles built an early 3-0 lead with a run in the first on Kearns' two-out RBI double. Olson led off the second with a double into left-center and stole third. Austyn Peak was hit by a pitch. Catcher Miller Murray brought Olson home with a bunt and Peak later scored on a wild pitch.
Butler (4-10) got three runs in the bottom of the second on second baseman Charlie Schebler's two-run home run and catcher Gunnar Duncan scored on a wild pitch by Miller. The Bulldogs scratched out another run in the fifth to take the lead 4-3 and set up the Eagle comeback. Butler hung four in the bottom of the ninth for the final margin.
Corbin Snyder (1-2) took the loss for Butler.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 9, MILWAUKEE 2
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri Baseball (9-7) secured a decisive 9-2 victory over Milwaukee (2-12) on Saturday at Capaha Field. The Redhawk offense tallied 11 hits, including three doubles and a home run, while its pitching staff recorded nine strikeouts over nine innings.
Milwaukee took an early lead in the third inning when Tristan Ellis scored on a single by Dominic Kibler, putting them ahead 1-0. Southeast Missouri responded in the fourth inning with a home run by Ryan Lopetegui. Carson Schrack then scored on a sacrifice fly by Moises Rosario, and Joe Terranova crossed home after being driven in on a series of plays, bringing the score to 3-1 in favor of Southeast Missouri by the end of the fourth.
In the fifth inning, Milwaukee narrowed the gap as Dylan O'Connell tripled and scored on a ground out, making it 3-2. SEMO answered back with Brooks Kettering walking, stealing second, and later scoring on a sacrifice fly by Caleb Klein, extending their lead to 4-2.
The sixth inning saw Southeast Missouri further stretch their advantage. Schrack singled and eventually scored on a Kettering double. Kettering himself scored on a wild pitch, widening the lead to 6-2.
Southeast Missouri's offense continued in the seventh inning. Sullivan was hit by a pitch and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Schrack. Logan Yule then singled to bring in another run, and Rosario's groundout allowed a third run to score, pushing the lead to 9-2.
Milwaukee was unable to score in the later innings, and Southeast Missouri maintained its lead, ultimately securing a 9-2 victory.
KANSAS STATE 8, SIUE 4
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State used a six-run fifth inning to surge ahead and went on to an 8-4 win over SIUE baseball in the second game of a three-game series.
The Cougars trailed 1-0 when Chase Bloomer connected for his first home run of the year, a 397-foot three-run shot to left, to put the Cougars in front 3-1.
SIUE dropped to 5-10 with its third straight loss. Kansas State improved to 10-4.
K-State cut the lead to 3-2 with a run in the fourth.
The Wildcats then used four hits and three walks in the fifth to score six times to take control at 8-3. Micah Kendrick hit a three-run home run for the big blow for Kansas State.
SIUE starter Tim Teixeira started the inning before Wyatt Doak pitched two-thirds of the inning, allowing three runs. Joseph Martin finished the inning.
Teixeira worked four full innings allowing four runs on six hits. He walked five and struck out four.
Martin worked 2.1 innings, allowing a run. Noah Thompson pitched a scoreless inning with a strikeout.
The Cougars got a run back in the ninth when Brendan Fry tripled with one out and then scored on a single by Kannon Kamp. SIUE left the bases loaded when the game ended.
The Cougars finished with five hits. Daniel Gierer finished 2-3.
LINDENWOOD 4, SIUE 3
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Recap coming soon.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 14, TENNESSEE TECH 4
STATESBORO, Ga. - Tennessee Tech saw its early momentum slip away Saturday afternoon as Georgia Southern used a late offensive surge to hand the Golden Eagles a 14-4 run-rule loss in seven innings at J.I. Clements Stadium.
The defeat drops Tennessee Tech to 7-7 overall, while Georgia Southern improved to 3-11 as the Eagles evened the three-game series at one game apiece.
The Golden Eagles briefly grabbed control of the contest in the third inning. Cade Fuller led off the frame with a double and later came around to score. Eddie Garza added a sacrifice fly later in the inning to give Tech a 2-1 advantage.
Georgia Southern responded immediately in the bottom half of the inning with two runs to retake the lead before adding four more runs in the fourth to stretch the advantage.
Tech answered with two runs in the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 7-4. Luke Bragga and Fuller each scored during the frame, with Landon Smelser delivering an RBI for the Golden Eagles.
However, the Eagles pulled away late, plating four runs in the sixth inning and three more in the seventh to bring the run-rule into effect.
Fuller finished 1-for-2 with a double and two runs scored to lead the Golden Eagles offensively. Smelser, Garza and Jorsixt Jimenez each drove in a run as Tech totaled six hits and four walks in the contest.
Tennessee Tech starter Carter Casabella (0-2) was charged with the loss after allowing five runs on nine hits over 3.2 innings. Eli Huddleston, Carson Davis and Justin Fallon also saw time on the mound for the Golden Eagles.
Georgia Southern was paced by James McCoy, who went 4-for-4 with five RBIs and four runs scored as part of the Eagles’ 17-hit performance.
UT MARTIN 9, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 1
MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team threw eight straight scoreless innings, outhit the opponent 12-to-6 and made impressive plays on defense on its way to a 9-1 triumph over Mississippi Valley State.
The bottom of the lineup went to work with Cullen Box (career-high three hits, four runs scored, RBI, triple), Amari Conley (two hits, RBI) and Bo Strickland (three hits, two doubles, three RBIs, two runs scored) combining for eight base knocks and five RBIs. TJ Grines (RBI), Andrew Davis (RBI) and Colten Payton (two RBIs) grabbed a double each while JT Popick and TJ Dunsford stole bases.
Maxwell Schumacher (1-0) tossed a season-high seven innings and fanned a season-best seven batters. The bullpen didn’t surrender a run with Gehrig Wright throwing a scoreless frame with a punchout and Garner Anderson finishing things off in the ninth with a strikeout.
The Delta Devils (2-10) would grab the lead in the first but had no noise in the second when Schumacher induced three straight groundouts. The Skyhawks (7-7) knotted the contest up at one off a Conley single to right that plated Box during the home half. Two strikeouts and a runner caught stealing by Box highlighted a scoreless third.
Schumacher froze the side in the fourth on three strikeouts looking to strand a runner on first and keep the game tied. UT Martin kept battling with two outs in the fifth and its persistence paid off when Davis and Payton each rapped RBI doubles to give the Skyhawks a 4-1 edge. The senior Schumacher worked a 1-2-3 sixth and his offense brought home three runs again in the bottom part of the frame. Box singled down the right field line to get Popick home and Strickland slapped a double to right field that scored Box and Conley.
Leading 7-1 in the seventh, Schumacher concluded his day on a flyout and 6-4-3 double play. Mississippi Valley State left two runners on in the eighth after Wright entered in relief and forced a groundout to second. UT Martin tacked on two more runs off RBI doubles from Strickland and Grines in the eighth to bring the Orange and Blue lead to 9-1.
Anderson made his first relief appearance of the season in the ninth and got a tremendous double play from his catcher Box. The redshirt sophomore caught a foul ball near the back stop and after falling down, fired a bullet to second to nab the runner trying to tag from first. With two outs, Anderson helped clinch the series win on a strikeout to conclude the game.