By TYLER HENRY
Salina Post contributor
The Southeast of Saline baseball team began their Wednesday with a bang, knocking off the Fredonia YellowJackets 14-4 to advance to the Burlington Regional final.
With this victory the Trojans moved to 15-7 overall, winning their 11th game of the campaign by mercy rule.
Things started normally enough as the YellowJackets took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first before Southeast snatched back the advantage with two of their own in the second.
In the third Fredonia reclaimed the upper hand to take a 3-2 lead but it would be the last they ever held as the Trojans exploded for 11 runs in the home half of the frame and never looked back en route to the 14-4 win.
At the dish, Luke Gebhardt, Jake Gebhardt, and Trever Keller all recorded multi-hit games, while Greyson Pembelton and Jase VanAmburg made their lone hits count, driving in two runs apiece.
All of this backed up Landen Allen on the hill, who was stellar in another complete-game effort, allowing just one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts to boot.
This win would send Southeast through to the regional finals where they would face the 1-seed in Humboldt, who knocked off Hillsboro 15-0 and Council Grove 10-0, each by mercy rule.