2025 Seniors
Dena Matzenbacher
2025 McNeese Baseball Seniors
10
Winner Stephen F. Austin SFA 15-31, 6-21 SLC
3
McNeese MCN 31-13, 18-9 SLC
Winner
Stephen F. Austin SFA
15-31, 6-21 SLC
10
Final
3
McNeese MCN
31-13, 18-9 SLC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Stephen F. Austin SFA 3 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 10 15 0
McNeese MCN 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 3

W: Elian Balmaceda (1-5) L: Morgan, Parker (1-2) S: Jack James (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by Matthew Bonnette, Senior Associate AD/Athletic Communications

McNeese falls 10-3 to SFA; drops first home Southland series

LAKE CHARLES – McNeese fell 10-3 to Stephen F. Austin on Sunday, dropping its first Southland Conference home series of the season.
 
The loss moved McNeese to 31-13 overall and 18-9 in league play while SFA improved to 15-31 and 6-21. And with UTRGV beating UIW on Sunday to end its league regular season at 22-8, the Vaqueros have clinched to host one of the two SLC tournament opening round brackets.
 
Southeastern (20-7) defeated Lamar (17-10) and now has a two-game lead over the Cowboys in the standings to host the final tournament bracket. McNeese does hold the tiebreaker over the Lions.
 
The Cowboys will visit Northwestern State (17-10) in the final league series Thursday-Saturday while Southeastern will visit Nicholls.
 
Next up, McNeese will wrap up its non-conference part of the schedule on Tuesday when it visits Southern.
 
NOTEBOOK
• SFA scored three runs in the top of the first inning then added five more in the fourth to take an 8-0 lead.
• Conner Westenburg and Marcus Heusohn each extended their bases reached streak, Westenburg to 34 games and Heusohn to 32.
• Larry Edwards Jr. extended his hitting streak to 12 straight games after going 1-for-4 on Sunday.
• Edwards Jr. hit his 17th double on the season, tying him for the team lead with Easton Dowell.
• Simon Larranaga hit his 11th home run of the season in the 5th inning.
• McNeese dropped its first Southland Conference home series on the year.
 
PITCHERS OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher – Elian Balmaceda, SFA (1-5)
Losing Pitcher – Parker Morgan, McN (1-2)
Save – Jack James, SFA (1)
 
AT THE PLATE
• Simon Larranaga (11) 1-2, HR, RBI, R, 2 BB
• Mack Brousseau 1-5, 2 RBI
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
T1 – SFA recorded four hits, two of those doubles, and scored three early runs to take the lead. SFA 3-0.
 
T4 – A 2-run home run by Josh Ibe capped off a 5-run inning by the Lumberjacks as they put four hits on the board in the frame. SFA 8-0.
 
B5 – McNeese got three runs on the board on five hits. Simon Larranaga got things going with a 1-out, solo home run, his 11th on the season. Grant Mangrum and Conner Westenburg followed with back-to-back singles. After a second out, Mack Brousseau hits a 2-run single to right-center field. SFA 8-3.
 
T6 – SFA got a lead-off double followed by a single, then after a McNeese pitching change, recorded three more singles to score to more runs and increase the lead. SFA 10-3.
 
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
B2 – McNeese loaded the bases with 2-outs. Grant Mangrum's slow roller in the 5-6 hole was scooped up by the SFA third baseman and was able to throw Mangrum out at first by a half a step, leaving all three runners stranded. Larry Edwards Jr. got the first hit of the game for the Cowboys, a ground-rule double to left field.
 
B5 – After scoring three runs in the inning, the Cowboys loaded the bases with two outs but a ground out to third base ended the rally.
 
B7 – Connor Schneider hit a 1-out double down the right field line but a line out and infield pop-up ended the inning and stranding the runner in scoring position.
 
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