Southeast Baseball

The above slogan isn’t just an appealing marketing slogan put out there by the Prospect League, there is a whole lot of validity behind it.

There was an early indication that Andrew Keck may evolve into a nice baseball player at Southeast Missouri State. After all, he did go 1-for-4 with a run scored and a couple of RBI in his collegiate debut back in 2019. However, his journey to today wasn’t paved entirely.

Cape Catfish pitcher Hunter Ralls has been looking for a “break,” as in his breaking ball being more effective against Prospect League hitters, and he just may have found it.

In the doubleheader split with Quincy on Tuesday at Capaha Field, Cape Catfish player Danny Sperling contributed four hits, two runs scored, as well as a pair of RBIs. However, his contribution defensively may have been just as important. The Southeast Missouri State senior-to-be opened has played five games for the Catfish, opening at second base, but on Tuesday, moved over to fill in at first base.

Baseball is a team game, so Cape Catfish player Ty Stauss isn’t going to blame two recent losses to Burlington on any one player specifically. However, the truth is, Stauss has made a quick and significant impact for the Catfish since making his debut with the team on Friday.

It is a pretty simple formula that Southeast Missouri State Athletic Director Brady Barke has for finding Redhawk head coaches.

Southeast Missouri State fell 18-6 to Oregon in the NCAA Regional in Louisville on Saturday, which ended the Redhawks' tremendous 2022 season.

Southeast Missouri State put a touch of worry into No. 12-ranked Louisville on Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Baseball Regional in Louisville. However, in the end, the Cardinal pitching was too much to overcome, and the hosts won 7-2.

A memo to high school baseball players throughout Missouri: particularly in Southeast Missouri, you are being watched. And not just for your services to be utilized by the next level years from now, but sooner than you realize. The Cape Catfish open their third season of play at Capaha Field on Friday, as they host Springfield at 6:35 p.m., and they’ll have many familiar faces on the field.

Of his 15 at-bats during the recent Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, Southeast Missouri State junior catcher Andrew Keck only had four hits, for a .267 average.

A year ago, the members of the Southeast Missouri State baseball program viewed competing in the NCAA Regional as “an experience.” This year, many of those same players are taking a different approach to compete against the best in college baseball.

The list of obstacles that were placed in front of the Southeast Missouri State baseball squad over the past three days during the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament was a looooong one.

There is certainly not going to be anything easy for the Southeast Missouri State baseball club to achieve today, as it battles Ohio Valley Conference regular-season champion, Belmont, for the OVC Tournament championship (12 p.m., ESPN+).

The fact remains, that as great as the 2021 baseball season was for Southeast Missouri State, and it was great, the 2022 team won more games overall than last year’s squad.

Southeast Missouri State stumbled into the upcoming Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament in Lexington, Ky. with a pair of losses in its three-game road series at Eastern Illinois over the weekend.

If the Southeast Missouri State baseball team clinches its second straight Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship this week, it will need a superb performance by both SIU Edwardsville in its three-game series against Belmont, and the same from junior outfielder Brett Graber.

The three-game series that Southeast Missouri State baseball just concluded against Ohio Valley Conference foe UT Martin was bittersweet.

Andy Sawyers has been on a baseball diamond since he was barely taller than a Louisville Slugger bat, so he knows enough that a team is only as good as its pitching.

This spring has proven to be a mixed bag for Southeast Missouri State junior pitcher Hunter Ralls.

Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Andy Sawyers has been in the coaching business longer than Redhawk left fielder Jevon Mason has been alive. So, Sawyers knows that changing a player’s hitting mechanics is doable but altering someone’s personality isn’t.

The fact that Southeast Missouri State senior pitcher Austin Williams got roughed up in Sunday’s 15-3 loss at Oklahoma State can be dismissed as an anomaly.

The non-conference hits (literally and figuratively) keep coming at the Southeast Missouri State baseball squad, and the Redhawks aren’t shying away from any team this spring.

As yet another memorable baseball season unfolds this spring for Southeast Missouri State, the Redhawks’ power-stroking offense will get a lot of adulation tossed its way, and with very good reason.

After beating Southeast Missouri State 3-2 in a recent college baseball game at Capaha Field, Southern Illinois got past the Redhawks once again by a single run, as the Salukis topped SEMO 7-6 in 11 innings in Carbondale on Tuesday.

There is a heavy weight carried on your shoulders when your last name is Brune and you compete athletically at Southeast Missouri State.

Southeast Missouri State freshmen pitchers Alex Esker and Ethan Osborne are learning that college baseball can be a series of peaks (hopefully a lot of them) and valleys (it happens to every athlete), particularly of late.

Southeast Missouri State senior Tyler Wilber narrowly missed hitting for the cycle when he went 4-for-6 with three runs scored, a double, a home run, and three RBI to lead the Redhawks to a 13-3 thumping of SEC member Ole Miss (21-15) on Tuesday in Oxford, Miss.

The Southeast Missouri State baseball squad are now two games out of first place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings after dropping two of three games over the weekend at Tennessee Tech. On Saturday, Redhawk junior Andrew Keck went 2-for-4 with a home run, double, one run scored and two RBI, but SEMO (24-10, 8-4 OVC) fell 7-4...

There is little margin for error when you are playing a 24-win baseball team and Southeast Missouri State found that out on Tuesday, as it fell to rival Southern Illinois 3-2 at Capaha Field.

Southeast Missouri State freshman Marysa Flieg won the women's javelin title and the Redhawk women's 4x800 meter relay team set a new program record at the Tennessee Relays Thursday through Saturday.

Southeast Missouri State track and field athlete Marysa Flieg was recently named as the Ohio Valley Conference Female Freshman of the Week for the third-straight week. Flieg led the Redhawks in the women's javelin at the recent Lake Stride Joey Haines Invitational...

Southeast Missouri State senior Logan Blomquist won the hammer, shot put, and discus over the weekend at the Lake Stride Joey Haines Invitational in Cape Girardeau. He took first in the hammer throw for the fourth-straight outdoor meet Friday with a Joey Haines Invitational meet record and Abe Stuber Track & Field Complex record mark of 231 feet, 9 inches...

For the second time this season, Southeast Missouri State knocked off Saint Louis in baseball action. After beating the Billikens in Cape Girardeau on March 1, 16-5, the Redhawks (18-5) rallied for four runs in the final three innings, while its bullpen pitched seven scoreless innings in a 4-1 win in Saint Louis on Tuesday...

Andrew Keck went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Ben Palmer homered and added three RBI to lead Southeast Missouri State (17-5, 3-0) to a 5-2 Ohio Valley Conference baseball win over SIU Edwardsville (10-11, 0-3) Sunday at Capaha Field.

Southeast Missouri State senior pitcher Rachel Rook broke the Redhawks' all-time career strikeout record when she struck out 13 and allowed just two hits to lead Southeast Missouri State to a 9-1 victory over Tennessee State Saturday in the Ohio Valley Conference softball opener for both teams.

Southeast Missouri State senior gymnast Anna Kaziska was awarded the Midwest Independent Conference Performance of the Week on Wednesday.

Southeast Missouri State junior guard Eric Reed Jr. was recently named as a Second Team selection for District 18 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Reed, Jr. was a First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection this season after leading SEMO in scoring (16.1 ppg), free throw percentage (101-of-124, .815), and 3-point field goals made (71) while dishing out 52 assists and collecting 30 steals.

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team unloaded eight home runs in an 11-8, 12-5, doubleheader sweep of Bradley (3-6) Saturday at Capaha Field. The Redhawks (9-1) slugged three homers in game one and a season-high five in the second contest to blow by the Braves...

Southeast Missouri State junior Andrew Keck can be found in any number of places on a baseball diamond.

The development of Southeast Missouri State junior pitcher Bryce Grossius is an ongoing process, and veteran Redhawk coach Andy Sawyers acknowledges such. However, Sawyers is going to stay with the right-hander, because when Grossius performs to his ability, whew!

Life happens fast in the ever-changing world of intercollegiate athletics, and no one is learning that more so than the fans of Southeast Missouri State athletics.

Southeast Missouri State senior shortstop Tyler Wilbur was recently named as the Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Player of the Year leading into the 2022 baseball season. However, sixth-year Redhawk coach Andy Sawyers wouldn’t be shocked to see a Redhawk win the postseason honor, and I may OR may not be Wilbur.

Southeast Missouri State sophomore pitcher opened his 2022 season on a positive note, as he was named on Monday as the first Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week award winner.

The Southeast Missouri State baseball squad was recently selected as the Ohio Valley Conference preseason favorite, which is nice, but veteran Redhawks coach Andy Sawyers understands it doesn’t allow his team any advantages once the first pitch is thrown in the 2022 season.

Throughout her storied and Hall of Fame-caliber career as a college coach and administrator, Cindy Gannon developed a keen sense of observance.

There is never a shortage of people to be impressed with – on or off of the athletic fields – at Southeast Missouri State.

His allegiance belongs to the St. Louis Cardinals, but Cory Crosnoe occasionally dips his toes into Atlanta Braves fandom. Crosnoe played in the Braves’ farm system, so the retired Jackson Junior High principal is allowed to double-dip with National League impunity...

As it turns out, about a lot of things in life, your parents were correct when they advised us all as youth that we are known by the company that we keep. That is applicable in social circles, education, business, and politics. And it is true in intercollegiate athletics, as well.

There are few businesses anywhere in the world that haven’t had to think differently over the past couple of years in this ever-changing environment that we are all immersed in, more than likely, forever. And Semoball.com is not immune to that. The website devoted to providing sports fans thorough coverage of sports throughout Southeast Missouri is still going to make that its mission on a daily basis, however, the internal pieces are going to be doing some shifting moving forward.

Southeast Missouri State has added to its baseball staff. Dan McKinney - a Bowling Green, Ohio, native - was hired Thursday as the Redhawks' new pitching coach. The University of Michigan grad spent last season coaching at Oakland University. Before beginning his tenure at Oakland, McKinnie spent two years at Akron as the pitching coach for the Zips...