DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern saw a ninth-inning rally come up just short in a 4-3 loss to Washburn on Monday afternoon in Claremore, Okla.
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The loss drops the Savage Storm to 21-21 overall on the season heading into another midweek contest on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. versus Austin College in Sherman, Texas.
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Jake Miller led the Storm with two hits, one of them home run, while
Matt Miles added a pair of hits as well.
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Damon Burroughs,
Seth Morrow, and
Dylan Herd each chipped in a hit.
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Sam Creed,
Cache Stone, and Miller each logged and RBI.
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Bristol Carson got the start and did not allow a hit until the fifth inning, but would ultimately take the loss after allowing a run on three hits in 5.0 innings with three strikeouts.
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Connor Priest would throw the next inning and was tagged for a pair of runs on two hits.
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Jared Barta followed with an inning of work, allowing a hit, before
Patrick Norman came on and allowed a run on a hit without recording an out.
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Brody Logsdon would toss the final inning without allowing an hit.
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WU opened the scoring with a run in the fifth and two more in the sixth to take a 3-0 lead.
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Miller would answer in the seventh with a solo home run to cut the deficit to 3-1, but the Ichabods would pick up another run in the eighth to push their lead to 4-1 heading to the ninth.
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SE would load the bases with one out in the top of the ninth before Creed drew an RBI walk.
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That was followed by a Stone sac fly to cut the score to 4-3, but that was where the rally would end.
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