DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern picked up its fourth-straight win with a series opening 8-5 victory over Arkansas tech on Friday afternoon at the Ballpark in Durant.
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The Savage Storm move to 15-16 overall on the season and 10-6 in Great American Conference play with the final two games of the series set for a noon double-header on Saturday.
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SE collected 10 hits in the contest with seven of the nine starters picking up at least one, while
Dylan Helms,
Kaleb Thomas and
Bryson Allen each had two.
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Brandon Grimsley drove in three runs on his three-run homer in the first inning, while Allen had a pair of RBI.
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Thomas,
Logan Terwilliger and
Corban Taylor each has one RBI
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Dylan Linke got the start and tossed 7.0 innings to collect his fourth win after allowing four runs, three earned, on 11 hits with three strikeouts.
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He has now gone seven or more innings in his last four starts.
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Brady Colbert came on in relief and picked up his seventh save after tossing the final two innings and allowing a run on a hit while striking out three.
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After the Wonder Boys took the lead in the top of the first, Grimsley had the answer in the bottom half with a three-run homer that was lined over the right field wall ton open up a 3-1 lead.
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ATU would tie the game with a run in the second and another in the fourth before taking a 4-3 lead with a run in the top of the sixth.
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The Storm wasted little time in answering as a Thomas RBI double down the left field line would score Helms from first to tie the game and later Thomas would put SE back in front 5-4 on Taylor's sac fly.
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Terwilliger would drive in
Tim Hunter with a groundout to the pitcher in the seventh and Allen would stretch the lead to 8-4 in the eighth with a single of the middle that scored
Connor Counce and
Greg Husnander.
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ATU would get a run back on a bases-loaded intentional walk to Josh Watkins who had homered twice in the game, but Colbert would coax the next hitter into a pop out to third to end the game and preserve SE's 8-5 win.
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