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Tadarious Hawkins' sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11^th-inning lifted Henderson State to a 5-4 win over Southeastern Oklahoma and spark a double-header sweep of the Savage Storm, Saturday in Arkadelphia, Ark.

The Reddies followed with an 8-1 win over the Savage Storm to win the series. The win snapped a seven-game losing skid for Henderson State as the Reddies improved to 2-7 overall and 2-1 in the Great American Conference.

Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth-inning of game one, the Reddies put together a 3-run rally started off when Andy Kovarik was hit by a Mathew Benedict pitch. Ashton Roberts then reached on error to put runners on first and second with no outs.

After Benedict struck out Hawkins and force Carlos Rodriguez to fly out to left field, Joseph Gary doubled down the left-field line to score the first run of the inning. Lee Richardson then tied the game with a two-run single to right field.

In the Reddie 11^th, Luke McGuire led off the inning with a single to center field and advanced to second on a balk by Nick Johnson. Johnson then delivered a wild pitch which advanced McGuire to third.

Hawkins provided the Reddies with what they needed when he hit a line drive to left field that was deep enough to score McGuire with the game-winning run.

Luke Tebbetts pitched the final two innings for Henderson State to pick up his first win of his college career.
In the final game of the series, Henderson State scored two runs in the first and third innings to build a 4-0 lead.

Singles by Evans and Hawkins set the stage for Gary in the first-inning as he blasted his second double of the afternoon to plate a pair of runs and put Henderson on top 2-0.

In the third frame, the Reddies loaded the base before Andrew Reynolds smashed a single up the middle to score two more runs and increase the Henderson State lead to 4-0.

After SOSU scored a run in the top of the fourth, the Reddies answered with three runs in the bottom half as Gary reached on an infield single to advance Hawkins to third after he led off the inning with a walk and a stolen base.

Hawkins scored on a ground out by Ashton Roberts before Carlos Rodriguez blasted a two-run home run over the left field fence to make the score 7-1.

Colton Lorance picked up his first win of the season as the junior left-hander pitched 6 innings, scattering six hits and striking out three batters.

Gary had a huge day offensively for the Reddies as the junior from Rowlett, Texas had five hits with a pair of doubles and three RBI.

Henderson State will next travel to Russellville for a non-conference game against Arkansas Tech on Tuesday with the first pitch set for 6 p.m.