Missouri State University
10-8
Southeast Missouri State
14-5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Missouri State | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 16 | 15 | 0 |
Baseball Bears Take Series with 16-5 Win Over SEMO
March 20, 2022 | Baseball
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State led 4-0 after 11 pitches Sunday and never looked back in a 16-5 victory over visiting Southeast Missouri State at Hammons Field. The Bears (10-8) claimed the series from the Redhawks (14-5) with the win while scoring at least 16 runs for the third time this season.
Drake Baldwin drove in Spencer Nivens and Will Duff with a two-run double in the first and Dakota Kotowski followed with a two-run home run for a 4-0 lead in the blink of an eye. Kotowski's 10th round-tripper of the season put him in double figures in the second-fewest games in school history, trailing only Jason Hart, who hit his 10th of the 1998 season in game 16.
Missouri State scored a trio of two-out runs in the third, with Grant Wood's RBI single and Mason Greer's two-run base knock doing the damage after both hitters faced 0-2 counts.
Baldwin added a two-run homer in the fourth to make it 9-0, and the Bears scored five more in the fifth courtesy of a two-run homer from Greer, two-run double from Baldwin and Kotowski sac fly. Greer finished 4-for-5 with a career-high four RBI, while Baldwin was 4-for-5 and tied his career high with six batted in.
SEMO got on a board with a two-run homer in the sixth, ending a 26-inning scoreless streak for the MSU bullpen, and tacked two in the eighth on one in the ninth.
MSU freshman Carlos Vasquez picked up his first hit as a Bear in the sixth, a two-run double for a 16-2 lead.
Jake McMahill made his Missouri State debut on the mound, striking out two and allowing one hit in two innings. Forrest Barnes (3-1) did the bulk of the work for the bullpen, fanning six Redhawks and giving up one hit, SEMO's home run in the sixth.
The Bears continue their homestand Tuesday with a 3 p.m. game against Saint Louis. Tickets are $3 for all 3 p.m. weekday games this season.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Barnes, Forrest (3-1)
L: WINDT, Tommy (2-1)
Batting:
2B: WILBER, Tyler 1 ; GRABER, Brett 1
HR: WILBER, Tyler 1
RBI: WILBER, Tyler 4 ; SPERLING, Danny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WILBER, Tyler 1 ; GRABER, Brett 1 ; STAUSS, Ty 1 ; PALMER, Ben 1 ; SPERLING, Danny 1
HBP: PALMER, Ben 1
Batting:
2B: Vasquez, Carlos 1 ; Baldwin, Drake 2 ; Greer, Mason 1
HR: Baldwin, Drake 1 ; Kotowski, Dakota 1 ; Greer, Mason 1
RBI: Vasquez, Carlos 2 ; Baldwin, Drake 6 ; Kotowski, Dakota 3 ; Wood, Grant 1 ; Greer, Mason 4
SF: Kotowski, Dakota 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nivens, Spencer 3 ; Duff, Will 2 ; Baldwin, Drake 4 ; Kotowski, Dakota 1 ; Cratic, Cam 1 ; Hull, Mason 1 ; Wood, Grant 2 ; Greer, Mason 1 ; Jenkins, Walker 1
SB: Nivens, Spencer 1 ; Wood, Grant 1 ; Greer, Mason 1
HBP: Duff, Will 1 ; Wood, Grant 1
