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Southeast Missouri (2-4) used a 23-2 victory to split a doubleheader with Abilene Christian (5-2) in a pair of seven-inning games Saturday at Crutcher Scott Field.
 
After dropping game one, 3-0, SEMO erupted for 23 runs on 21 hits to blow away ACU in the nightcap.
 
SEMO scored 11 runs in the first inning, nine in the third and added one in each of the second, fourth and sixth frames to pick up its second win of the season.
 
Offensively, the Redhawks destroyed ACU pitching for nine extra base hits, including four home runs. SEMO had 20 RBI and six different players get both multiple runs and multiple hits.
 
The Redhawks sparked a one-out rally in the top of the first hitting by getting back-to-back singles from Chance Resetich and Josh Cameron. Lincoln Andrews was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Brett Graber scored Resetich on a single through the right side. Ty Stauss knocked in Cameron when he singled up the middle and Graber scored on a wild pitch. Carlos Aranda followed with a two-run home run to right field.
 
On the next play, Danny Sperling singled. Peyton Leeper then reached on a base hit and Jevon Mason singled to left field to score Leeper. Cameron, in his second at-bat of the inning, delivered a two-RBI triple to right center. Lincoln Andrews smashed a two-run home run to center field completing the early ambush as SEMO pulled ahead, 11-0.
 
Sperling doubled down the left field line to bring in another run in the second.
 
In the third inning, Cameron led things off with a solo home run to right. Sperling later ripped a two-RBI single and Aranda touched home on a wild pitch. Sperling scored when Mason fouled out to right field. After that, Resetich drove a 3-2 pitch into left center for a two-RBI double and Andrews launched a three-run bomb over the right field wall to push the Redhawks lead to 21-0.
 
Spencer Parker scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning and doubled home Cole Warehime in the sixth to finish off the drubbing.
 
Bryce Grossius (1-1) was credited with his first win of the season in relief. Grossius took over for starter Collin Wilma in the fourth inning and allowed two runs on three hits in three innings. He struck out four, as well.
 
Sperling went a perfect 5-for-5 with two runs scored, a double, two runs scored and three RBI to lead SEMO's overpowering offense. His five hits are a new career-high.
 
Resetich went 3-for-4 with three runs, a double and two RBI, while Cameron finished at 3-for-5 with four runs, a home run, triple and three RBI. Andrews, Graber and Parker added two hits each. Additionally, Andrews and Graber scored twice apiece.
 
SEMO's 23 runs are the most scored in a game since the Redhawks put up 26 in a 26-2 win at UT Martin on Mar. 26, 2016.
 
The Redhawks wrap up their four-game series against ACU with a doubleheader Sunday. First pitch is 11:05 a.m., CT. 

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