SE Closes out Season With Losses at ATU

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Southeastern closed out the 2021 season on Saturday afternoon with a pair of losses on the road to Arkansas Tech, falling 11-1 and 12-4 in Russellville, Ark.
 
The Savage Storm finish the season with a 17-22 record overall and a 13-20 mark in Great American Conference play.
 
In the opener, Seth Morrow and Colton Buckner each picked up a hit, while Richard Ware recorded an RBI.
 
Dylan Turner got the start and took the loss after allowing four runs on four hits with one strikeout in 3.1 innings of work.
 
Jacob Bigham was tagged for seven runs on 11 hits in relief over 2.1 innings before Joseph Bishop closed out the seventh retiring the only batter he faced.
 
ATU got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the third but the Storm found an immediate answer in the top of the fourth, cashing in a Morrow leadoff double on a Ware RBI groundout to tie the game at 1-1.
 
Unfortunately, it would not stay tied for lone as the Wonder Boys would put up four runs in the bottom of the fourth and six more in the bottom of the sixth to stretch their lead to 11-1 and invoke the run rule in seven innings.
 
In the finale, Dylan Herd collected a pair of hits while Ortiz, Ware, and Buckner had one apiece.
 
Buckner would finish the game with a pair of RBI while Ortiz and Herd drove in one each.
 
Mason Whitmarsh got the start and suffered the loss after tossing 2.1 innings and allowing six runs on seven hits with two strikeouts.
 
KC Bryn faced two batters in relief and was tagged for a run and a hit before Coby Langford came on and allowed four runs on three hits in an inning of work.
 
Kenneth Klier allowed a run on two hits in 1.2 innings pitched, while Logan Teske record one-third of an inning and Spencer Wallace record the remaining two-thirds, both without allowing a run.
 
ATU jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first but the Storm found an answer in the top of the third.
 
Herd brought home the first run for SE on an RBI double which plated Michael Bernhardt, and he would score two batters later on a two-out RBI single by Ortiz.
 
A Ware single would put two runners on for Buckner who connected on a two-run double to right-center to give the Storm an 4-3 lead midway through the third.
 
It was short-lived though as the Wonder Bous would connect on a pair of homers in the bottom half of the inning, a three-run hot and a solo homer to regain a 7-4 lead.
 
They would add four more home runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on the same combination of long balls, and would tack on one more run in the fifth on an RBI double to open up a 12-4 advantage which would hold up as the final score.