LAKE CHARLES – The McNeese Cowboys baseball team will be back at home for a seven-game home stand starting with a three-game series with the Lamar Cardinals on Friday night to start Southland Conference play. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
Second game of the series will be Saturday at 3 p.m. and then the finale will be on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
This will be the 197-199th meeting between the Cardinals and Cowboys with Lamar leading the all-time series 119-75-2 and having won three of the last five match-ups.
 
McNeese last beat the Cardinals on May 24, 2017 by way of a 7-5 victory in the opening round of the Southland Conference Tournament in Sugar Land on their way to a conference championship.
 
Senior center fielder Shane Selman is leading the Cowboys high powered offense with a .368 batting average, 28 hits, eight doubles, two triples, has 19 RBIs, and is slugging .566.
 
Senior right-hander Rhett Deaton has solidified himself as the Friday starter for the Cowboys rotation and he will be back on the bump once again come Friday night for his fifth start of the year.
 
Coach Hill hasn't decided on a Saturday starter as of now, but he has given the nod to senior righty Cayne Ueckert for Sunday's game.
 
The Cowboys are looking to bounce back quickly from a 9-3 loss to the Tulane Green Wave on Tuesday night in New Orleans.
 
 
UP TO THE PLATE
McNeese (10-7, 0-0 SLC) vs Lamar (6-10, 0-3 SLC)
March 15-17 | Joe Miller Ballpark
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All-Time Series: Lamar leads 119-75-2
 
 
QUICK HITS
• McNeese enters the weekend series winning seven of their last 10 and a 10-7 record. The Cowboys defeated UL-Monroe in a three-game series (W 13-12, L 5-10, W 10-2) and lost to the Green Wave (L 3-9) most recently.
• Senior center fielder Shane Selman leads the Cowboys offensively with a .368 batting average, eight doubles, two triples, one home run, and 19 RBI's.
• Junior outfielder Clayton Rasbeary is also a huge bat for the Cowboys, as he heads into the game with a hit in every contest this season except one game against ULM.
• Senior third baseman Carson Maxwell and junior first baseman Jake Dickerson both are currently on a five-game hitting streak, good for the team lead, and are two of the six starters hitting over .300 from the plate.
• On the mound, senior ledt-handed pitcher Bryan King leads the team. He has a 3.44 ERA, 2-0 record, 18.1 innings pitched, and a team leading 21 strikeouts in four appearances.
• McNeese is batting .302 as a team and has a 5.75 ERA, compared to opponents' .250 average and 7.25 ERA.
 
ON THE OPPONENTS
• The Cardinals enter Friday's game with a 6-10 record. Most recently, Lamar was swept in their conference opening series against Stephen F. Austin and lost to Rice in Houston on Tuesday.
• This will be their first conference road series of the year and their second overall conference series
 
ON DECK
Following the weekend series against the Cardinals, the Cowboys will be home to host the University of Houston on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and then conference foe Incarnate Word March 22-24.
 
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