Jake Blackwell delivering a pitch
Dena Matzenbacher
2
New Orleans UNO 15-15
3
Winner McNeese MCN 23-5
New Orleans UNO
15-15
2
Final
3
McNeese MCN
23-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New Orleans UNO 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 2
McNeese MCN 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 6 0

W: Blackwell, Jake (2-1) L: Calloway, Bryce (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Taylor Riemersma, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Cowboys walk off Privateers 3-2 for series sweep

LAKE CHARLES – Easton Dowell lifted McNeese baseball over New Orleans 3-2 Sunday afternoon on a walkoff single as the Pokes swept UNO for the first time since 2018 at Joe Miller Ballpark. The Cowboys rise to 23-5, 11-4 SLC on the season, continuing their best start under head coach Justin Hill's leadership as the Privateers shift to 15-15, 4-11 SLC.
 
McNeese ties its longest winning streak on the season at eight games, also the longest streak under the guidance of Coach Hill
 
Dowell, a redshirt sophomore, stepped to the plate with junior Larry Edwards Jr. on base by a walk, sending the ball out to right field for the game-winning hit. He finished the day 2-for-4 with a double and a triple and one run scored.
 
Junior Jake Blackwell earned his second victory of the season, throwing for the third time on the weekend.
 
Both teams put up two scoreless innings before New Orleans earned the first run of the ballgame in the top of the third.
 
McNeese plated its initial run of the afternoon in the bottom of the fifth as Dowell crossed home on a wild pitch following a triple to get him on base.
 
The Cowboys scored in the ensuing inning as pinch hitter Bryce Fontenot, a freshman, hit a single to right field to drive in senior Marcus Heusohn for the first lead of the day at 2-1.
 
In the top of the seventh, the Privateers tied it up with an RBI single at two apiece.
 
McNeese hits the road for the first time in over two weeks Wednesday evening against Houston starting at 6:30 p.m.
 
Pitching Appearances
Parker Morgan: 3.0 IP, 2 K's, 5 H, 1 BB, 1 ER
Paul Coppinger: 4.2 IP, 5 K's, 4 H, 0 BB, 1 ER
Parker Primeaux: 0.1 IP, 0 K's, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 ER
Jake Blackwell: 1.0 IP, 1 K, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 ER, Win
 
McNeese Notes
• Jake Blackwell earned his second win of the season on the bump.
• Easton Dowell extended his hitting streak to eight games, a team high.
• McNeese ties its longest winning streak of the season at eight games.
• Mack Brousseau has reached base in 19 straight games.
• Conner Westenburg has reached base in 18 consecutive games.
• The Cowboys recorded six hits in the outing.
• McNeese has scored a run in 27 of 28 games this season.
• The Cowboys have scored two or more runs in 26 games.
• Best start for the Cowboys since going 24-5 in 1991.
• Multiple-Hit Game: Easton Dowell (2-for-4)

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