Rain forces Redhawks to play a pair today

Rained spoiled the Southeast Missouri State baseball team's Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader at Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.

The Redhawks and Colonels were tied 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning when the game was halted by rain. It was finally canceled almost two hours later.

The two teams will play a pair of seven-inning games today, with the first one scheduled to start at 10 a.m.

The Redhawks will send Asif Shah to the mound in the first game. The senior left-hander is 5-2 with a 3.12 ERA.

Josh Syberg will get the nod in the second game. The freshman right-hander is 4-1 with a 3.69 ERA.

Dustin Renfrow threw four innings, allowing three hits with two strikeouts in Saturday's game. Robby Moore knocked in the Redhawks' lone run in the game with a single that scored Matt Wagner. But since the game never became official, the statistics do not count.

In other OVC action Saturday, Austin Peay swept a doubleheader with Eastern Illinois while Jacksonville State split a doubleheader with Tennessee Tech.