Storm Drops Both Ends of Sunday Twinbill

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern rallied from a five-run deficit in game one to force extra innings, but would come out on the short end of a 9-7 final against Henderson State before dropping the series finale 16-1 on Sunday afternoon at Mike Metheny Field.
 
The losses drop the Savage Storm to 14-19 overall on the season and 10-17 in Great American Conference play.
 
In game one, Reid Rice put together a 3-for-5 outing with a pair of home runs on his way to five RBI with a pair of runs scored.
 
Seth Morrow and Slayde Ortiz each added two hits, with one of Morrow's leaving the yard.
 
Richard Ware, Colton Buckner, and Joseph Ramirez each added a hit.
 
Morrow drove in a pair of runs, while Rice's five accounted for the majority of SE's scoring.
 
Tyler Dean got the start and tossed 1.1 innings and was tagged for four runs on seven hits.
 
KC Bryan filled the gap with 5.2 innings pitched while allowing a run on five hits with six strikeouts.
 
Jacob Bigham followed with a pair of innings and allowed two runs on five hits with three strikeouts.
 
Coby Langford would toss the final inning and suffered the loss after allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits.
 
HSU staked its lead on a two-run homer and an RBI single in the first and tacked on a run in the second.
 
A seventh-inning solo home run would stretch the lead to 5-0.
 
Southeastern bounced back in the bottom of the seventh as Hayden Evan drew a one-out walk and scored on Rice's first homer of the afternoon.
 
Blake McQuain would draw a two-out, pinch-hit walk and come home a batter later when Morrow blasted a ball over the right-field wall to close the gap to 5-4.
 
HSU would tack on a run in the top of the eighth, but the storm would complete the comeback in the bottom of the eighth with a two-out three-run homer by Rice to take a 7-6 lead heading to the ninth.
 
The Reddies would tie the game with a run in the top of the ninth and take advantage of an error in the top of the 10^th to pick up two runs and hand the Storm a 9-7 loss.
 
The finale saw HSU score in each of the first six innings, including an eight-run third as it built a 16-0 lead.
 
A Buckner home run in the bottom of the sixth would get the Storm on the board and fashion the final score.
 
Ortiz, Ware, Buckner, Rice, and Bryce McDermott each had hits in the game, with Buckner supplying the team's lone run.
 
Mason Whitmarsh got the start and took the loss after allowing six runs on seven hits in 2.1 innings of work.
 
Five other pitchers would throw in the game for SE, with each allowing runs except for Connor Priest who closed the game with an inning pitched and two strikeouts while facing just three batters.