LAKE CHARLES – After spending the last 12 days and four games away from Joe Miller Ballpark, the Cowboys will return to The Jeaux this weekend for a four-game Southland Conference series against Incarnate Word.
Friday's opener has been moved up to a 4 p.m. first pitch due to potential severe weather later in the evening. Saturday will see a double-header beginning at 2 p.m. with a 7-inning game followed by a 9-inning contest while Sunday's finale will carry a 1 o'clock start.
McNeese (14-14, 8-7 SLC) is coming off a mid-week loss at LSU on Tuesday. That followed a weekend split for the Cowboys at first place Southeastern Louisiana. UIW (12-11, 8-8) defeated Prairie View in mid-week action after dropping three out of four games at SFA.
Admission to all games is free of charge.
Weekend Pitching Rotations
Game 1
(McN) RHP
Bryson Hudgens (0-0, 0.00) vs. (UIW) TBA
Game 2
(McN) LHP
Will Dion (3-3, 3.38) vs. (UIW) RHP Isaiah Zavala (3-1, 5.73)
Game 3
(McN) LHP
Jonathan Ellison (1-1, 2.13) vs. (UIW) TBA
Game 4
(McN) RHP Chrisitan Vega (0-3, 5.52) vs. (UIW) TBA
About the Cowboys
• Right fielder
Clayton Rasbeary is ranked No. 3 in the Southland Conference in hitting (.368), tied for 1
st in total hits (42) and doubles (11), 2
nd in triples (3), tied for 6
th in home runs (4), 9
th in RBIs (23), and 8
th in slugging (.623).
• Starting pitcher
Will Dion has thrown two complete game shutouts on the season (vs. Prairie View, at Southeastern Louisiana), the only player in the league to do so. He also leads the league with three complete games thrown and is 2
nd with 53 strikeouts.
• Dion is averaging 11.9 strikeouts per 9 innings and holding opposing hitters to just a .197 mark, third-lowest in the league.
• Second baseman
Nate Fisbeck is tied for 6
th in the league with 4 home runs and is tied for 1
st with Rasbeary with 11 doubles.
•
Bryson Hudgens will be making his second start of the season and will still be on a pitch count as he continues to work his way back from an injury that has kept him out of action for much of the season.
• As a team, the Cowboys are fourth in the league in batting with a .275 average while UIW is sixth at .265.
• McNeese is 9-4 at home this season.
