SE Drops Series Opener at HSU

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Southeastern twice stranded runners in scoring position but was unable to get its offense moving in a 4-0 loss in the series opener to Henderson State on Friday night.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 28-16 overall and 17-11 in Great American Conference play with the final two games of the series set for 1 p.m. on Saturday.
 
Matt Miles and Bryce McDermott each collected a hit for SE, with McDermott's going for a double.
 
Connor Priest got the start and took the loss after allowing three runs, two of them earned, on six hits with six strikeouts over 5.1 innings of work.
 
Coby Langford came on in relief and tossed 1.1 innings without allowing a hit.
 
Kenneth Klier followed and allowed a run on two hits in one third of an inning before Beau Swimmer came on to finish the game without allowing a hit over an inning pitched with one strikeout.
 
HSU would take advantage of two Storm errors in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead after one.
 
The Reddies pushed the lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the third on an RBI single and saw that reach 3-0 with a homer in the fifth.
 
Miles would break up the no-hitter in the seventh and McDermott would double in the eighth, but that was as much offense as the Storm would put together, with HSU adding a final run in the bottom of the eighth to make the final score 4-0.