LAKE CHARLES, La. – McNeese Baseball (20-21, 4-10 SLC) will face Southeastern (22-20, 4-10 SLC) in a rubber match Sunday after the latter took the second game of the series 12-3 at Joe Mille Ballpark Saturday afternoon.
 
A pitching duel through the first three innings, both teams put up their first runs of the game in the fourth inning. The Lions scored first in the top of the frame before senior Parker Stroh hit his second homer of the season to tie up the ballgame. Southeastern took the lead in the fifth with a five-run inning.
 
Poke Nation tacked on its second run in the bottom of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Chase Keeton (R-Senior) to bring junior Conner Westenburg across home. The Lions plated three more in the top of the eighth before the Pokes plated another to make it a 9-3 game.
 
The Lions scored three runs in the top of the ninth to end scoring for both teams in the game.

Stroh and Grant Mangrum, a junior, each hit a home run in the outing while collecting the two multiple-hit games for the Pokes with two hits each.
 
Both squads meet in the final game of the series Sunday afternoon with first pitch set for 1:00 p.m.
 
Pitching Appearances
Alexis Gravel: 3.0 IP, 4 K's, 1 H, 3 BB, 1 ER
Kainin Morrow: 1.2 IP, 0 K, 3 H, 1 BB, 3 ER
Zach Voss: 2.2 IP, 2 K's, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 ER
David Carr: 1.0 IP, 0 K, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 ER
Clay Kennedy: 0.2 IP, 0 K, 1 H, 2 BB, 1 ER
 
McNeese Notes
• Elliot Hebert extended his hitting streak to seven games.
• Parker Stroh brought his hitting streak to five games.
• Stroh earned his fifth multi-hit game of 2024.
• Grant Mangrum has a four-game hitting streak.
• Mangrum collected his eighth multi-hit game of the season.
• Westenburg had his third consecutive game with a hit.
• Braden Duhon has a six-game hitting streak.