DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Oklahoma batted through the order in the eighth inning and scored four runs to beat the RiverHawks 8-6 Tuesday.

Hits were even at ten a piece, with the loss dropping Northeastern State to 1-2.

After going through the first three innings with only one hit combined, Southeastern opened the home half of the fourth with a single through the left side.  The Savage Storm would end up loading the bases with no outs before a double cleared them to take a 3-0 advantage. 

Northeastern State matched Southeastern scoring on a bases loaded walk and a hit-by-pitch in the next frame.   C.D. White singled through the right side, plating Blaze Brothers to tie the game at 3-3. 

Blake Freeman tripled and would be scored on a sac fly in the sixth to give NSU its only game lead. 

Southeastern (4-0) matched NSU in the seventh, scoring the tying run on a sac fly.   In the eighth, they loaded the bases and plated four off four hits taking an 8-4 advantage. 

The RiverHawks didn't go down without a fight in the ninth; Brothers doubled in a run, Brayden Rodden hit an RBI single to get the tying run at the plate with one out.   Following at Southeastern pitching change, NSU hit into a game ending double-play.

Rodden had a two-hit, two-RBI game, Brothers scored two runs, and Matt Kaiser had a two-hit game.   

Davin Pollard struck out five in his debut, with five pitchers coming out of the bullpen Tuesday.  After allowing the go-ahead run in the eighth, Cal Howard (0-1) was charged with the loss. 
 
Northeastern State will head next to Bethany for a four game series against Southern Nazarene on Friday.