Kade Morris HR SBU
Leighton Chamblee
Kade Morris rounds first on his home run trot
4
Stony Brook SBU 0-1
6
Winner McNeese MCN 1-0
Stony Brook SBU
0-1
4
Final
6
McNeese MCN
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Stony Brook SBU 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1
McNeese MCN 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 X 6 4 2

W: Vega, Christian (1-0) L: Devin Sharkey (0-1) S: Foster, Cameron (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jared Morris, SID Graduate Assistant

Morris’ Sixth Inning Heroics the Difference In 6-4 Win Over Stony Brook!

LAKE CHARLES - The McNeese Cowboys (1-0) opened the 2022 campaign Friday night with a 6-4 victory over the Stony Brook Seawolves (0-1). Kade Morris played hero as he hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning which would prove to be the difference. 

Despite being out-hit 8-4, the Cowboys used clutch hitting, heads-up base running, and a shutdown bullpen effort to secure the victory over preseason All-American pitcher Nick DeGennaro and co. Starting pitcher Bryson Hudgens who had been limited in the off-season gutted out 3.1 innings of two-run ball to keep the Pokes within striking distance. The bullpen pitched 5.2 innings of one-run ball and was able to fight their way out of jams as evidenced by the nine base-runners stranded by SBU for the game. 

Key Moments:

  • A double steal in the first inning by Brad Burckel & Julian Gonzales gave the Pokes an early 1-0 lead. Burckel reached base via HBP, and Gonzales reached on an error. 
  • Stony Brook hit RBI singles in the second and third inning to take a 2-1 lead.
  • Tre' Obregon III laced an RBI single into right field to score Burckel in the third inning to tie the game at two. 
  • Stony Brook took a 4-2 lead in the fourth inning on singles by leadoff hitter Evan Fox and Brett Paulsen. 
  • Christian Vega fanned Paulsen in the bottom of the sixth with two runners to keep the deficit at two. 
  • After knocking DeGennaro out of the game after five, Kade Morris (with two strikes) hit a missile over the right-field wall to give the Cowboys a 5-4 lead.
  • Morris made a barehanded grab at third base in the top of the seventh inning to back up Brian Shadrick. 
  • Schuyler Thibodaux hit his first career triple to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning and would score on Burckel's sac fly. 
  • "Closer" Cameron Foster pitched a relatively stress-free final two innings to secure the victory. He struck out SBU catcher Shane Paradine swinging on a 3-2 fastball to end the game. 

Notes:

  • The Cowboys improve to 7-2 in home-openers under Hill.
  • Out of the bullpen, P Christian Vega pitched 2.2 innings of one-run ball to record the win (1-0).
  • P Cameron Foster recorded the save (1).
  • Catcher Schuyler Thibodaux hit his first career triple as a Cowboy.
  • Three players made their Cowboy debuts: 2B Brad Burckel, RF Antonio Gauthier, and P Brian Shadrick. Burckel went 1-2 with 2 runs scored and an RBI. Shadrick pitched a scoreless bottom of the seventh against the heart of the Seawolves lineup.

Postgame Interviews:
Head Coach Justin Hill
Third Baseman Kade Morris
Pitcher Cameron Foster

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Next Game:
Cowboys will be back in action at 2 PM tomorrow for the second game of a three-game series against Stony Brook. 

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