HOUSTON, Texas – McNeese baseball fell to HCU in a 15-8 offensive battle at Husky Field Saturday evening, moving to 10-3 (3-2 SLC) on the 2025 campaign with the Huskies rising to 9-3 (5-0 SLC).
 
McNeese struck first offensively as junior Mack Brousseau sent a home run over the right-field wall in the second inning with one out recorded. Graduate student Davis Meche singled in the next at-bat, setting him up to come home on an RBI double by redshirt sophomore Easton Dowell with two outs recorded. The Huskies cut the lead in half in the bottom frame 2-1 on an RBI groundout.
 
Houston Christian took a 5-2 lead after three, plating four runs on five hits within six at-bats. In the bottom of the fourth, the Huskies plated four runs for a 9-2 advantage.
 
The Pokes fought back in the top of the seventh with four runs, cutting into the Huskies' 9-6 lead. Larry Edwards Jr., a junior, was able to score the third run of the game on a fielding error ahead of an RBI groundout by junior Matt Stancliff to bring home junior Connor Schneider. Senior Simon Larranaga sent a home run out of left center to also bring home Conner Westenburg (senior).
 
HCU struck back in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI double for a 10-6 four-run advantage before Edwards Jr. hit a two-RBI double to bring home Meche and Brousseau, bringing it back within two. In the bottom half, the Huskies plated five runs on two hits, one of those being a three-run home run.
 
The Cowboys and Huskies conclude the series with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee at Husky Field.
 
Pitching Appearances
Cooper Golden: 3.0 IP, 1 K, 7 H, 0 BB, 5 ER, Loss
Blayne Fritcher: 1.0 IP, 0 K, 4 H, 0 BB, 3 ER
Parker Morgan: 2.0 IP, 2 K's, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 ER
Braedyn Cunningham: 1.0 IP, 2 K's, 2 H, 0 BB, 1 ER
Caleb Strmiska: 1.0 IP, 0 K, 2 H, 3 BB, 5 ER
 
McNeese Notes
• The Cowboys have scored at least one run in 41 straight games and two or more in nine straight.
• Davis Meche extended his hitting streak to five games, his longest with the Cowboys. 
• Mack Brousseau extended his hitting streak to four games with his third home run of 2025.
• Simon Larranaga also extended his hitting streak to four games on a two-run home run.
• Larry Edwards Jr. extended his reached base streak to eight as Davis Meche moved his up to six.
• Parker Morgan pitched a career-high two innings and struck out the first two batters he saw to tie his career-high in strikeouts.
• Four of five McNeese pitchers didn't allow a walk in the outing.
• Cole Plowman made his third appearance of the season for the Cowboys.
• Multi-Hit Games: Easton Dowell, Mack Brousseau, Larry Edwards Jr.
• McNeese last started 10-3 in 2000 when they went off on to a 13-3 start.