Austin Peay Baseball
Jackson, TN – The Austin Peay University Baseball team’s offense exploded for 16 hits and avoided elimination in eliminating the Southeast Missouri Redhawks 10-6 at the 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship on Saturday at Pringles Park.
With the victory Austin Peay (36-22) will advance to the Championship Round to play No. 4 seed Eastern Illinois at 4:20pm today. An EIU victory gives them the Championship while an APSU victory forces a second Championship game on Sunday at Noon.
Southeast Missouri’s season ends at 23-36.
After falling behind 2-0, Austin Peay scored three times in the third and fourth innings to lead 6-2 and would never trail again. The defending tournament champions added a lone run in the seventh and three more in the eighth to cap its scoring.
APSU senior third baseman Greg Bachman was 4-for-5 in the game in setting a new all-time Austin Peay career hits record (265), passing the mark of 263 held by current Los Angeles Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis (2000-03). Bachman, the OVC’s RBI leader, drove in three runs on the day.
After Govs starter Kacy Kemmer lasted just one inning, senior Zane Leffew (3-2) stymied the Redhawks attack, pitching 6.2 innings and allowing three runs (two earned) while striking out three.
Southeast starter Zach Smith (2-8) took the loss, allowing nine hits and six earned runs over four innings.
Redhawks shortstop Kenton Parmley homered for the second time in the Championship and finished 2-for-4. Teammate Trenton Moses, the OVC Player of the Year, ended his career by reaching base for the 79th-straight game dating back to last season; the mark is the all-time Southeast Missouri record.
Box Score
2012 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball
Austin Peay vs Southeast Missouri
May 26th, 2012 at Jackson, Tennessee (Pringles Park)
| Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob | |
| BLANCHARD, Michael cf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| CLINARD, Jon dh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| HANKINS, Jordan 2b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| BACHMAN, Greg 3b | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| HARPER, Reed ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| HUDSON, Cody lf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TORRES, P.J. c | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| CHILDRESS, Tyler 1b | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| GAUTIER, Rolando rf | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| KEMMER, Kacy p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LEFFEW, Zane p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| ROGERS, Tyler p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| HEBERT, Mike p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 38 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 8 | |
| Player | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | so | po | a | lob | |
| PARMLEY, Kenton ss | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| TIERNEY, Jesse c | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| MOSES, Trenton 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| CAMPBELL, Kody 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| LENNINGTON, Andy rf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| GIBSON, Derek lf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| BARNES, Ryan dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| HEON, Taylor 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| BIESER, Cole cf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| SMITH, Zach p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| ZERRUSEN, Tony p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PRICKETT, Ryan p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KENDALL, Ryan p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 6 | |
Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Austin Peay......... 003 300 130 - 10 16 0 Southeast Missouri.. 110 300 001 - 6 9 2 ------------------------------------------- |
| E – CAMPBELL(6); BIESER(6). DP – APSU 2; SEMO 2. LOB – APSU 8; SEMO 6. 2B – HANKINS(15); BACHMAN(12); LENNINGTON(12); BARNES(9). 3B – CHILDRESS(1). HR – PARMLEY(13). SH – BLANCHARD(8); CLINARD(16); HARPER(3); GAUTIER(2). CS – BACHMAN(3); BIESER(3). |
| Austin Peay | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go |
| KEMMER, Kacy | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| LEFFEW, Zane W,3-2 | 6.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 9 |
| ROGERS, Tyler | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| HEBERT, Mike | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Southeast Missouri | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | wp | bk | hbp | ibb | ab | bf | fo | go |
| SMITH, Zach L,2-8 | 4.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 7 |
| ZERRUSEN, Tony | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| PRICKETT, Ryan | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| KENDALL, Ryan | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Win – LEFFEW (3-2). Loss – SMITH (2-8). Save – None. WP – SMITH(6). PB – TIERNEY(5). Umpires – HP: Larry Short 1B: Cedric Coleman 3B: Don Gilmore Start: 12:02 PM Time: 3:14 Attendance: Weather: 90, Clear, Wind Calm Game notes: Game 9 of the 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship. Elimination Game. SEMO Parmley led off BOT 1ST with home run. KEMMER faced 3 batters in the 2nd. |
