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MOBILE, Ala. – Southeast Missouri left-hander Dylan Dodd struck out eight and allowed one run in six innings pitched to lead the Redhawks to a 4-2 series-opening win over the University of South Alabama baseball team Friday at Stanky Field.

SEMO designated hitter Lincoln Andrews went 2-for-4 with two RBIs to lead the Redhawk offense. Jaguar outfielder Caleb Balgaard finished 2-for-4 with a double in his Jaguar debut.

 GAME FACTS
- SEMO (1-0) loaded the bases with one out in the top of the third on a one-out double by Connor Basler, Danny Wright reached on a fielding error by Cameron Tissue on a grounder to third, and Wade Strauss reached on a hit by pitch from Jag left-hander Andy Arguelles. But Arguelles rolled an inning-ending double play off the bat of Tyler Wilber to escape the jam and preserve a scoreless tie.
- South Alabama (0-1) took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third when Hunter Stokes lifted the first pitch he saw from SEMO left-hander Dylan Dodd over the right field wall for a solo home run.
- The Redhawks answered with a pair of runs in the top of the fourth on a one-out, two-run single to left-center field by Lincoln Andrews to take a 2-1 lead. 
- SEMO loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the sixth on consecutive walks by Austin Blazevic and Peyton Leeper, and a single to left field by Andrews. Noah Jacobsen followed with an RBI fielder's choice on a grounder to second to plate Blazevic for a 3-1 Redhawk advantage. Conner Basler then put down an RBI sacrifice bunt back to the mound to score Leeper for a 4-1 lead.
- USA cut its deficit in half in the bottom of the seventh. Montiel led off the inning with a walk, moved to second on a grounder to first by Bennett Shell and advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored the game's final run on a sacrifice fly to center field by Tissue.

NOTES
- Ethan Wilson and Kaleb DeLaTorre each had streak of 74 consecutive games played come to an end.
- Montiel extended his hitting streak to four games with a one-out double to center field in the bottom of the fourth, which also extended his on-base streak to five games. 
- Right-hander Jase Dalton struck out three in three scoreless relief innings.
- Right-handers Jeremy Lee and Jackson Boyd each made their Jaguar debut in relief.
- SEMO left-hander Dylan Dodd (1-0) allowed one run on three hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in six innings to earn the win.
- SEMO right-hander Kyle Miller tossed two scoreless relief innings, and allowed one hit with four strikeouts without issuing a walk to record the save.
- Arguelles (0-1) allowed two runs on four hits with four strikeouts against one walk in four innings pitched in the loss.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"Through seven innings, we had given them (SEMO) seven or eight free passes via walks, errors or hit by pitch. That was the difference in tonight's ballgame. No one really swung the bat well. I give their starter (Dodd) credit, he was very good – he was as good as advertised. We need to go deeper in the ballgame. Our starter did not go deep enough today, and their starter did. I thought the difference in the ballgame was who made mistakes and gave away free passes, and who got the hit. SEMO took advantage of it. They did not make a lot of mistakes. They played clean baseball and we made three errors; that was the difference in the game tonight."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it hosts Southeast Missouri at 2 p.m. at Stanky Field.

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