Southeast Baseball

At the expense of a practical joke, Joey Lucchesi has vivid memories of an all-important meeting he had earlier this summer. He had just thrown a bullpen session and completed his daily workout with the Lake Elsinore Storm when suddenly he was called into the coaching staff's office to sit down with manager Edwin Rodriguez and pitching coach Glendon Rusch...

Former Southeast Missouri State baseball star Joey Lucchesi continues to climb the ladder. On Saturday, Lucchesi took the next step in his professional baseball career as he was promoted to Class AA San Antonio approximately one year into his stint in minor league baseball...

Registration is open for the Redhawks Baseball Youth Summer Camp, which will be held July 31-August 4. The camp will be at Capaha Park, Southeast Missouri State's home field, and is open to boys and girls ages 6-12. The five-day camp costs $125 with a camp t-shirt thrown in. There's a $20 discount for Southeast employees...

Right-handed pitcher Clay Chandler, a former standout on the Southeast Missouri State baseball team, signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Seattle Mariners organization on Thursday afternoon. Chandler's first assignment will be to the Arizona League Mariners in Peoria, Arizona. They are the Class R team of Seattle...

Former Southeast Missouri State baseball standouts Dan Holst and Brian Lees have signed to play for the Gateway Grizzlies in Sauget, Illinois. The two players joined the Grizzlies, an independent organization that competes in the Frontier League, on Sunday evening against the Florence Freedom...

Southeast Missouri State baseball star Danny Wright was named a Freshman All-American on Thursday by Perfect Game USA and Rawlings Sporting Goods. Wright was named to the second team along with Murray State third baseman Davis Sims. A total of 36 freshmen were honored by Perfect Game and Rawlings...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team will hold a prospect camp on Aug. 12 for high school athletes. The cost of the camp is $125 per camper, and a SEMO baseball camp Dri-Fit shirt is included in the cost. A $20 discount for Southeast employees is available by using the promo code "employee" at checkout along with a valid SEMO ID number...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball will see changes to its league alignment, the Ohio Valley Conference announced on Wednesday following the league's annual spring meetings held last week in Nashville, Tennessee. Other changes announced include the expansion of the OVC women's soccer tournament from six teams to eight...

Freshman Danny Wright was the lone player to represent the Southeast Missouri State baseball team on the Ohio Valley Conference All-Tournament team, which was revealed following the conclusion of Saturday's championship game. Wright batted .545 during SEMO's three games in the tournament, which was held at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. He had a slugging percentage of 1.091, finishing with seven RBIs, two home runs and four runs scored...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team’s title defense at the Ohio Valley Conference tournament came to an end on Friday. The fifth-seeded Redhawks’ offense was only able to muster six hits, while Murray State first baseman Jack Hranec finished 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs and four RBIs to lead the sixth-seeded Racers to an 8-5 win at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama...

It was the kind of outing Ryan Flick won’t be forgetting any time soon. The Southeast Missouri State baseball team did everything it could to slow down the Tennessee Tech slugger in Thursday’s second-round game of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament, but there wasn’t much that worked...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team leaned heavily on its offense to begin its Ohio Valley Conference tournament title defense on Wednesday. Freshman Danny Wright finished 3-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs, and the fifth-seeded Redhawks gave coach Andy Sawyers another reason to celebrate on his birthday with a 13-10 win over fourth-seeded Jacksonville State in the opening round of the OVC tourney at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama...

Andy Sawyers knows a thing or two about what it takes to succeed in the postseason. The first-year head coach of the Southeast Missouri State baseball team spent 18 years in the ranks prior to taking over the Redhawks' program. During that time, he was a part of teams that appeared in 10 NCAA Regionals, three Super Regionals and two College World Series...

Outfielder Dan Holst earned first team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors to headline a group of six Southeast Missouri State baseball players who were recognized by the league on Tuesday. Catcher Brian Lees, outfielder Chris Osborne and starting pitchers Justin Murphy and Clay Chandler earned second team honors for the Redhawks, while second baseman Danny Wright was named to the all-freshman team...

Dan Holst represents the Southeast Missouri State baseball team as the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. The senior outfielder led the Redhawks over the weekend to a sweep of visiting Eastern Kentucky, hitting .429 with nine RBIs during the three-game series. He had two hits and two runs scored in each game...

Southeast Missouri State student-athletes combined to post a 3.20 grade point average for the 2016-17 academic year. The women's tennis team led the way with a 3.79 cumulative GPA, while women's cross country and women's soccer were close behind with a 3.75 and a 3.70 GPA, respectively...

In the final home game of their college careers, the seniors led the way as Southeast Missouri State baseball ended the regular season with a sweep. Saturday, five senior starters combined for 10 hits as the Redhawks cruised to a 16-3 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Senior Day at Capaha Field...

With a spot in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament already clinched, Southeast Missouri State's baseball team defeated Eastern Kentucky 8-4 on Friday to clinch the final regular-season series of the year. Senior starting pitcher Clay Chandler returned to his early-season form, allowing just two runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in his final start at Capaha Field to earn the win...

After returning home from a seven-game road trip, the Southeast Missouri State baseball team showed Thursday that it's ready for the postseason. Dan Holst and Tristen Gagan combined for three home runs and 11 RBIs, as the Redhawks combined for 15 hits in a 14-6 win over Eastern Kentucky in the opener of a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series at Capaha Field...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team was unable to respond after Belmont scored two runs to go ahead in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the Bruins clinched the Ohio Valley Conference series with an 11-10 victory on Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee...

A late-game, four-run rally fell by the way side for Southeast Missouri State baseball, as it dropped a 6-5 contest in 12 innings to Belmont on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. The Redhawks rally began in the top of the eighth inning, with Brian Lees singling before Tristen Gagan hit a two-run home run over the right-field wall to cut the deficit to 5-3...

Hitting the road for the final time in the regular season, the Southeast Missouri State baseball team edged Belmont 4-1 on Friday night in Nashville, Tennessee. The Redhawks (25-22 overall, 13-12 Ohio Valley Conference) got mult-hit games from Josh Haggerty and Brian Lees and a strong pitching performance from Justin Murphy to get past the Bruins (34-35, 15-13)...

Southeast Missouri State accomplished a first Saturday, winning back-to-back road games for the first time all season. That put the Redhawks in position for a series sweep. But SEMO couldn't capitalize on that opportunity as Western Michigan avoided the sweep Sunday with an 8-6 comeback victory in Kalamazoo, Michigan...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball traveled northward for a pair of games at Western Michigan on Saturday and captured a doubleheader sweep, 12-6 and 8-5, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The result marked the first time all season that Southeast has won back-to-back road games...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team couldn't hang onto a one-run lead in the ninth inning Tuesday, as Trent Leimkuehler hit a two-run, walk-off double to give Saint Louis a 6-5 win in St. Louis. SEMO led 5-4 entering the final frame but Leimkuehler's clutch hit sealed SEMO's defeat...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team picked up right where it left off following a suspension of play in its Ohio Valley Conference series finale against Tennessee Tech, defeating the Golden Eagles 11-9 when action resumed Sunday afternoon at Capaha Field...

A thunderstorm rolled into the area on Saturday evening and interrupted the second game in a doubleheader between the Southeast Missouri State baseball team and Tennessee Tech at Capaha Field. The Redhawks held a 5-4 lead when Game 2 was suspended in the bottom of the fifth inning. The two teams will try to resume the game today, but an official contest has been recorded, which means Southeast will get the victory if the two teams are unable to complete the contest...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team got its first look at the top team in the Ohio Valley Conference on Friday, and Tennessee Tech showed its merit. The Golden Eagles finished with 17 hits, including seven in a row during a five-run sixth inning, as TTU held the Redhawks scoreless for six straight innings en route to an 8-4 win in the first of a three-game series at Capaha Field...

It was an inning that began so innocently. Without its star closer, the Southeast Missouri State baseball team was already in a bind as it clung to a three-run lead heading into the final frame of Tuesday's game against Southern Illinois. The bullpen that was available at the Redhawks' disposal simply struggled to record the final two outs...

Southeast Missouri State baseball started off Sunday with a victory, but away from home couldn't carry that momentum into the rubber game. SEMO split a doubleheader at Murray State on Sunday as the Racers claimed a series victory, their first against the Redhawks since 2013...

It was a long day for the Southeast Missouri State baseball team. In a game already delayed mid-game by weather, the Redhawks fell in 10 innings, 9-7, to Murray State in an Ohio Valley Conference game Friday afternoon in Murray, Kentucky. The Racers (17-20 overall, 7-9 OVC) felled SEMO (20-16, 10-9) when Redhawks pitcher Jared Waldhoff hit Tyler Lawrence to begin the bottom of the 10th inning before Jack Hranec launched a two-run home run to right field to grab the win for the hosts...

In the midst of an impressive first season, Southeast Missouri State center fielder Rachel Anderson was announced Thursday as one of 25 finalists for the 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award. Anderson's .418 batting average is the best among freshmen in the Ohio Valley Conference. ...

Readiness wasn't an option for Ryan Losman as he took the mound Tuesday at Capaha Field for his first start in a Southeast Missouri State baseball uniform. After Saint Louis' Parker Sniatynski sent Losman's first delivery of the game off the scoreboard in left field for a solo home run, the junior right-handed pitcher instead turned to steadiness...

Southeast Missouri State right-handed pitcher Justin Murphy has been named Ohio Valley Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday. The senior Murphy had SEMO's first complete game of the season in a 1-0 win over Jacksonville State on Friday night. He allowed eight hits, as the Gamecocks left seven runners stranded on base. Murphy struck out five batters and didn't issue a walk until JSU was down to its final out...

For the Southeast Missouri State baseball team, a sweep was much easier said than done on Saturday afternoon. After nipping Jacksonville State by one run in back-to-back games, the Redhawks were hammered for 19 hits in a 17-7 loss, allowing the Gamecocks to salvage the series finale in a battle between the OVC's preseason co-favorites at Capaha Field...

Thus far, Southeast Missouri State baseball's series with Jacksonville State has defied expectation. On Friday night, that was largely due to Justin Murphy. Murphy pitched a complete-game shutout to preserve a 1-0 win for the Redhawks in Ohio Valley Conference play at Capaha Field...

Nate Green put in a season-long six innings of work after starting on the mound, but the Southeast Missouri State baseball team fell on the road against Southern Illinois in a 4-2 decision Tuesday in Carbondale, Illinois. Southeast (17-14) was held to six total hits and hit into a season-high four double plays but only struck out four times, which is the least in the last 11 games...

Josh Haggerty hit a two-run single in the top of the eighth inning to lead the Southeast Missouri State baseball team to a come-from-behind win on Sunday, as the Redhawks defeated Eastern Illinois 7-6 to claim their first road series of the season in Charleston, Illinois...

Eastern Illinois baseball scored two runs in the eighth inning to secure a comeback win and beat Southeast Missouri State 5-4 Saturday afternoon. SEMO's defeat, following a win Friday, sets up a rubber match in the Ohio Valley Conference series at 1 p.m. Sunday in Charleston, Illinois...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team compiled 11 hits, got a strong outing from starting pitcher Clay Chandler and defeated Eastern Illinois 7-3 on the road Friday to open a three-game series against the Ohio Valley Conference opponent. Dan Holst paced Southeast (16-12 overall, 7-6 OVC) with a 3-for-5 day...

The infamous entrance song of wrestling superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin came blaring out of the speakers at Capaha Field as Southeast Missouri State's Carlos Vega came trotting out of the bullpen in the top of the eighth inning. With the Redhawks clinging to a two-run lead, Vega promptly struck out the next two batters he faced to end the threat, and the Redhawks' offense leaned on its bullpen to secure a 10-4 win over Arkansas State...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team dropped a 10-1 decision against Arkansas State on Tuesday night in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Bradey Welsh (1-0) pitched seven innings to earn the victory on the mound for ASU (15-13). He gave up one run on four hits with five strikeouts...

Clay Chandler represents the Southeast Missouri State baseball team as the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday. The senior right-handed pitcher earned his first save as a Redhawk in SEMO's 6-5 win over No. 23 Missouri on Tuesday before allowing only two hits in a shutout victory over visiting Austin Peay on Saturday...

One batter into the third inning, Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Andy Sawyers made a call to the bullpen. But that switch, and the six pitchers that followed starter Robert Beltran, had little effect. Because no matter who was on the mound for the Redhawks, they couldn't find the strike zone...

Dominant pitching led to a first Saturday for the Southeast Missouri State baseball team. Three Redhawks pitchers combined to toss SEMO's first shutout of the season, 27 games into the season. The trio limited Austin Peay to two hits in a 10-0 win on Saturday as SEMO clinched the series victory...

Over his last three starts, Southeast Missouri State pitcher Justin Murphy had run into a significant mechanics issue. Murphy, who throws from the right side in a three-quarter arm slot, had been releasing from the side of the baseball, sending his pitches from side to side rather than controlling his up-and-down motion...

A balanced offensive effort propelled the Southeast Missouri State baseball team to a 6-5 win over in-state rival Missouri on Tuesday at Taylor Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. Southeast (12-10) combined for nine hits in the game, as Brian Lees led the way with two doubles. Kylar Robertson drove in two runs for the Redhawks, while Clayton Evans had a home run...

The emotions leading up to today aren't easy for Steve Bieser to describe. A lot has transpired for Bieser during the eight months since he was hired to take over the Missouri baseball program, a move that brought an end to his four years at the helm of his alma mater at Southeast Missouri State...

One disastrous half inning was all it took for the Southeast Missouri State baseball team to drop the rubber match in its Ohio Valley Conference series with SIU-Edwardsville. The Redhawks gave up seven runs in the bottom of the sixth, and the Cougars held on for a 7-5 victory on Sunday in Edwardsville, Illinois...

Five different pitchers combined to allow 18 hits, as the Southeast Missouri State baseball team dropped Game 2 of its Ohio Valley Conference series against SIU-Edwardsville in a 15-10 decision Saturday in Edwardsville, Illinois. The Redhawks scored six runs in the final inning but it wasn't enough to erase an 11-run deficit...