Lake Charles, Louisiana – McNeese’s four-game winning streak came to an end at 13-4 Wednesday night against the undefeated Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Joe Miller Ballpark. While the Bulldogs improved to 8-0, the Cowboys fell to 4-5 on the season.
“There were some individual things that the players did well,” the head coach said. Justin Hill. “Offensively we got off to a good start and had some chances early on, but we didn’t convert them and just went through the play.
Louisiana Tech started the game scoring 11 points and it stretched into the sixth inning as the Cowboys tried to fight back in the bottom of the seventh.
new student gage trahan Junior’s single in the bottom of the seventh gave the Cowboys their first run of the night. conor westenberg. After two at-bats, easton dowellThe red-shirt freshman returns to home base with a single by the red-shirt senior. chase keaton. The third and final run scored in the inning came on a wild pitch by Westenberg.
Senior right-handed pitcher Zack Voss He made his third start of the season and pitched 3.2 innings, striking out two before his classmates. Cainin Moreau I went in for an out.
After finishing 4 innings for my senior colleague at work. Brian Shadrick He struck out the batter and got five outs.new student Cole Navarre He made his college debut, pitching 1.1 innings, facing seven batters.
red shirt junior clay kennedy and senior david carr Each pitched one inning, ending the game for the Cowboys. Kennedy did not allow a goal against the Bulldogs.
Voss suffered the loss, but Copeland picked up his second win of the season.
Keaton and Dowell each had 2 hits for 4, with the latter scoring the team’s second point. It was Westenberg, a senior, who hit McNeese with a single. cooper hextand junior Connor Schneider.
McNeese continues its homestand against Prairie View A&M with a three-game series beginning Friday at Joe Miller Ballpark at 6 p.m.