DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern saw a lead disappear in the ninth before dropping the series opener versus rival East Central by a 7-6 score in 10 innings on Friday afternoon at Mike Metheny Field.
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The loss drops the Savage Storm to 26-19 overall on the season and 17-14 in Great American Conference play with he final two games of the series slated from a noon doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.
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JJ Bush led the way in the contest for SE with three hits, two of them home runs, with a pair of RBI.
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Austin Parker connected on a three-run home run, while
Easton Ford,
Ryan Kirk,
Jacob Ambriz,
Logan Rose, and
Alex Showalter each picked up a hit.
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Dylan Hill got the start and tossed six innings and allowed a run on five hits in a no decision.
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Estevan Fonseca followed with 2.1 innings of work, allowing four runs, three earned, on one hit with two strikeouts.
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Brayden Phelps followed with one-third of an inning, allowing a run on two hits before Carson Abbot came on and suffered the loss after allowing a run on a hit in 1.1 innings.
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ECU struck first with back-to-back two-out doubles bringing home a run for a 1-0 lead.
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The Storm answered in the bottom half, loading the bases before Heid drew a walk to plate a run and knot the score at 1-1.
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Bush gave SE its first lead of the day with a moon-shot home run to right field, pushing the lead to 2-1.
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Parker extended the Storm lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the seventh, connecting on a pinch-hit, three-run homer to left field.
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Bush connected on his second homer of the day in the bottom of the eighth, clearing the right-center wall and pushing the Storm lead to 6-1.
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The Tigers responded in the top of the ninth with five runs to knot the score at 6-6 and force extra innings.
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ECU took a lead in the top half of the 10
th inning, scoring a run on a controversial call at first base that would have been the third out of the inning but was not called and allowed the go-ahead run to score.
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The Storm loaded the bases in the bottom half of the inning, but were unable to bring home the tying or winning run.
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