SE Rolls To 12-1 Win in Home Opener

DURANT, Okla. – Jake Miller homered and five players posted multi-hit outings as Southeastern cruised to a 12-1 run-rule victory over Colorado Christian in the series opener on Friday afternoon at Mike Metheny Field.
 
The win evens the Savage Storm record at 2-2 heading into a Saturday doubleheader against the cougars with first pitch slated for noon.
 
Miller collected the first home run of the season as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the sixth inning, sending a three-run shot over the left field wall. His three RBI would lead all hitters in the game.
 
Cameron Cromer, Seth Morrow, Cameron French, Cory Bonstrom, and Joseph Ramirez each collected two hits in the game as the Storm combined for 14 in the contest.
 
Cromer, Morrow, Ramirez, and Dylan Herd each added two RBI, while Bonstrom scored a game-high three runs.
 
SE also tacked on five stolen bases, with two each from Herd and Damon Burroughs.
 
Cole Canuteson got the start and logged his second win of the year after tossing 6.0 innings and scattering a run on seven hits with eight strikeouts.
 
Charlie Deeds would come on in relief in the top of the seventh and retire the side on three-straight flyouts.
 
A solo homer in the top of the second inning would stake CCU to the early 1-0 lead, but SE would answer in the bottom half as a Ramirez would tie the game by doubling home French before Herd gave the Storm the lead with an RBI single that plated Bonstrom for the 2-1 advantage.
 
A Morrow RBI single in the third and a Cromer RBI single in the fourth would extend the edge to 4-1 through four innings.
 
Southeastern added two more in the fifth on a Herd sac fly and a Cromer RBI single to push the lead out to 6-1.
 
In the sixth, Morrow would drive in Burroughs followed by a Ramirez single that was misplayed in right field, allowing two more runs to come in for a 9-1 lead.
 
Two batters later Miller would collect his pinch-hit home run, extending the lead to 12-1 and after Deeds retired the side in the top of the seventh it would trigger the run-rule for the 12-1 win.