LAKE CHARLES – The McNeese Cowboys baseball team will head north on Wednesday to take on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at J.C. Love Field. First pitch will be scheduled for 6 p.m. and Cowboy fans can watch the game on Tech's live stream or follow the Live Stats of the game on mcneesesports.com.
McNeese has played Tech each of the last 17 years in a home and home or three-game series dating back to 2003.
The Cowboys last beat the Bulldogs in 2017 at Joe Miller Ballpark by the score of 5-3 after McNeese came back from an early 3-0 deficit. The last time the Cowboys beat the Bulldogs in Ruston was back in 2014, head coach
Justin Hill's first year at McNeese, when the Cowboys hung 20 runs on the Bulldogs in a 20-3 victory.
Freshman right-hander
Brett Payne is expected to get his second straight mid-week start on Wednesday. Payne made his second start of the season against LSU last Tuesday and was masterful, pitching 6.0 shutout innings, giving up only two hits, and struck out five batters for his first win of the year over the nationally ranked Tigers.
McNeese, who will then travel to Conway, Arkansas for a three-game Southland Conference series at UCA, won't return home until April 12 when it opens up a weekend series against New Orleans.
UP TO THE PLATE
McNeese (15-13, 3-6 SLC) at LA Tech (17-10, 5-4 C-USA)
April 3 | J.C. Love Field, Ruston, LA
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Live Stats
All-Time Series: LA Tech leads 91-53
QUICK HITS
• Junior first baseman/outfielder
Jake Dickerson leads the Cowboys offensively with a .322 batting average, including four doubles, one home run, 15 RBI's, and 14 runs.
• Six of the nine starters in the McNeese batting lineup have a batting average of above .270 including,
Shane Selman (.321),
Clayton Rasbeary (.295),
Carson Maxwell (.299),
Reid Bourque (.286), and
Nate Fisbeck (.272).
• On the mound, junior left-handed pitcher
Jonathan Ellison leads the team with a 2.45 ERA in eight appearance, four being starts. In his last appearance, against Sam Houston State, he pitched 5.0 innings, allowed only two runs on nine hits, surrendered no walks, and struck out three batters.
• McNeese is batting .277 as a team and has a 4.68 ERA, compared to opponents' .250 average and 5.62 ERA.
ON THE OPPONENTS
• The Bulldogs enter Wednesday's game with a 17-10 record. Most recently, LA Tech was swept conference opponent UAB in a C-USA three-game series at home, 3-2, 7-6, and 5-2.
• This will be game five of an eight-game home stand for the Bulldogs. They will end this home stand against a UTSA Roadrunner team that the Cowboys defeat two games to one in a three-game series on opening weekend.
ON DECK
Following the LA Tech game, the Cowboys will travel to Conway to take on Southland conference opponent Central Arkansas for a weekend series against the Bears starting on Friday and ending on Sunday.
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