Baseball Drops Twinbill at HSU

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Southeastern's late-inning woes continued on Saturday, dropping game one of its double-header against Henderson State, 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth before allowing seven runs over the final three innings in the finale to fall 9-4 in Arkadelphia, Ark.
 
The losses drop the Savage Storm to 10-15 overall on the year and 6-9 in Great American Conference play.
 
In the opener, Travis Spinney and Harrison Whitworth each collected a pair of hits, with Jett Swigart and Caleb Dubler driving in a run each.
 
Greg Hubbell got the start and tossed 7.0 innings in a no decision, striking out four and allowing two runs on three hits.
 
Cody Johnson faced a batter before handing the ball to Dallas Guerrero who tossed a hitless inning.
 
Hayden Grimes would come on in the ninth and was tagged for the loss after allowing a pair of unearned runs on two hits.
 
The Reddies opened up a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first.
 
The Storm responded, first with a Dubler RBI sac fly in the third.
 
That was followed in the fourth by a game-tying RBI single by Swigart, and a batter later SE would take a 3-2 lead on a double steal when Joseph Cerda stole home.
 
However, HSU would take advantage of a pair of ninth-inning errors to score two runs and win in walk off fashion for the second-straight game.
 
SE took a lead in the second inning of the finale when Dan Weer was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded which was followed by a two-run Dubler single to open up a 3-0 edge amidway through the second.
 
The Reddies would get a run off an error in the bottom of the second and add another on a solo homer in the third to cut the Southeastern lead to 3-2.
 
HSU would tack on four runs in the fourth to swipe the lead back and add another in the fifth to open up a 7-3 lead.
 
A Cade Clay RBI double would score Easton Elliott and cut into the deficit at 7-4, but the Reddies would add two more in the bottom of the sixth to make the final 9-4.
 
Clay would record two of Southeastern's five hits in the contest, while Dubler would drive in two with Clay and Weer adding one RBI each.
 
Bryce Deatherage got the start and tossed 4.0 innings, allowing seven runs, only two of them earned, on 10 hits with three strikeouts while taking the loss.
 
Jake Patterson came on to record one-third of an inning before Bridger Dauenhauer finished the contest, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits in 1.2 innings pitched.