By TYLER HENRY
Salina Post contributor
After securing a split with Sacred Heart earlier this week, the Southeast of Saline baseball team made the trek to Chapman on Friday where despite posting double-digit run totals in both games the Irish got the better of them in a sweep.
With finals of 15-10 and 16-10, the Trojans fall to 7-5 on the year after their 6-0 start, but still remain a sturdy 3-1 in league play.
Much like their clashes with the Knight both games were back-and-forth affairs, and after a pair of lead changes early on the two teams were level at five going into the fifth of game one.
The Trojans struck first, bringing in two big runs to reclaim the lead in the top half of the inning, but Chapman bounced back in a big way with a colossal nine-run fifth to put the game out of reach.
SES would claw three runs back in the seventh, but ran out of outs before their comeback could be realized, dropping game one 15-10.
In game two, the Irish would once again find themselves on the board first with a lone run in the opening inning, but Southeast quickly undid their progress with six in the second and four more in the third to hold a 10-5 lead going into the fourth.
With weather fast approaching, the Irish bunkered down and got to work on yet another massive frame, plating 11 runs to quickly turn the tables and take a 16-10 lead.
That lead would hold as this time around, the Trojans weren’t even given a full opportunity to respond, as lighting brought about an early end to game two.
With half the season in the books already, SES will resume league play next week when they travel to Beloit for the Trojan War on Thursday, continuing a brutal stretch of four straight road doubleheaders.
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