HR celebration
Dena Matzenbacher
9
Winner McNeese MCN 28-15, 9-9 SLC
2
Incarnate Word UIW 24-20, 11-7 SLC
Winner
McNeese MCN
28-15, 9-9 SLC
9
Final
2
Incarnate Word UIW
24-20, 11-7 SLC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
McNeese MCN 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 9 12 3
Incarnate Word UIW 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 0

W: Barthelemy, Brock (2-0) L: Berens, M (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by Matthew Bonnette, Senior Assoc. AD/Sports Information Director

Elliott, Hext homers pave way to 9-2 win over UIW

SAN ANTONIO – Cooper Hext and Elliott Hebert each hit home runs to power a McNeese offense that recorded 12 hits, four of those for extra-bases and the Cowboys defeated Incarnate Word 9-2 to win the final game of a three-game Southland Conference baseball series on Sunday afternoon.
 
The win improved McNeese's record to 28-15 overall and 9-9 in league play while UIW fell to 24-20 and 11-7.
 
The Cowboys will be back in action next weekend when they host Lamar for a three-game series beginning Friday at 6. McNeese will honor its seniors on Sunday prior to the 1 p.m. first pitch. All three games will broadcast on ESPN Plus.
 
Batting Stars:
• Tré Obregon III went 3-for-5 with an RBI, run scored and a double.
• Brad Burckel finished 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored.
• Braden Duhon was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
• Josh Leslie went 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
• Both Hebert and Hext knocked in two runs.
 
Cowboys Scoring:
• Led 2-0 after the first inning when the Cowboys scored on an RBI single by Obregon and RBI double by Burckel.
• The lead grew to 3-0 in the third when Josh Leslie stole home on a successful double steal.
• After UIW scored a run in the B3 to pull to within 3-1, McNeese added five runs in the fifth inning to open up an 8-1 lead with all five runs coming with two outs in the inning.
• Burckel singled in Orbregon, who got the rally going with a 2-out double, making it 4-1.
• Hebert followed with a pinch-hit home run to increase the lead to 6-1.
• Payton Harden then walked and stole second and Hext followed with a 2-run homer to make it 8-1.
• With the score 8-2 in the eighth, Ben David hit a sacrifice fly to score Harden and make it 9-2.
 
Cowboys Pitching:
• Ty Abraham started the game and threw 4.0 innings and allowed one unearned run and four hits, walked two and struck out two.
• Brock Barthelemy (2-0) picked up the win in relief after throwing the next 3.2 innings and gave up one run on four hits, struck out one and walked two.
• Cameron Lejeune and Derrick Cherry closed out the game by tossing the final 1.1 innings of scoreless ball and allowed only one hit while striking out two.
 
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