Lake Charles – McNeese Cowboys (2-3) dropped game one of their three game series against Kansas (3-2), 11-2, on Friday at Joe Miller Ballpark.
 
The Jayhawks got a superb performance from starting pitcher Dominic Voegele who held the Cowboys hitless through four innings while the Kansas offense built a 4-0 lead.
 
McNeese got its first hit in the bottom of the fifth when Kaden Schuck doubled to advance Bryce Fontenot to third who had reached courtesy of hit-by-pitch. Matt Stancliff then hit a sacrifice fly out to left field to score Fontenot and advance Schuck. The very next batter was Danny Barbero who singled to left center to drive in Schuck from third to cut the deficit to 5-2.
 
But the Cowboys managed only two more hits the rest of the game as the Jayhawks added two runs in the top of the sixth when Tyson Leblanc hit a two-run blast to bring in Augusto Mungarrieta.
 
Kansas put the game away with four runs in the ninth to go up 11-2 beginning with a double down the left field line by Max Soliz Jr. and Cade Baldridge scoring on a wild pitch. Soliz Jr. would then come in to score on another wild pitch followed by Dariel Osoria flying out to left field to bring in Tyson Owens.
 
Voegele finished the game with six innings pitched, giving up two runs on two hits, walked three and struck out four in picking up the win. 
 
McNeese starter Connor Achee took the loss after he allowed three runs on three hits in 2.2 innings of work.
 
The series will continue Saturday with first pitch at 1 p.m.
 
Pitchers of Record:
Winning Pitcher: Dominic Voegele (1-0)
Losing Pitching: Connor Achee (0-2)

How It Happened:
T1 – Bach homered to left center, KU 1-0
T3 – Leblanc grounded out to second and scored Osoria, KU 2-0
T3 – Dykhoff walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch to score Ballinger, KU 3-0
T4 – Ballinger doubled down the left field line to score Bach, KU 4-0
T5 – Soliz Jr. singled to left center, scoring Dykhoff, KU 5-0
T5 – Matt Stancliff hit a sac fly to left field to score Bryce Fontenot, KU 5-1
T5 – Danny Barbero singled to left center to score Kaden Schuck, KU 5-2
T6 – Leblanc homered to left center to score Mungarrieta, KU 7-2
T9 – Soliz Jr. doubled down the left field line to score Dykhoff, KU 8-2
T9 – Owens walked, and Baldridge scored on a wild pitch, KU 9-2
T9 – Bach walked and Soliz Jr. scored on a wild pitch, KU 10-2
T9 – Osoria hit a sac fly to left field to score Owens, KU 11-2
 
Up Next
Feb. 21 vs Kansas 1PM
Feb. 22 vs Kansas 11AM
Feb. 24 at LSU 6:30 PM
Feb. 27 at Nicholls 6PM*
Feb. 28 at Nicholls 6PM*
Mar. 1 at Nicholls 2PM*
Mar. 3 at Southern 6PM
*Denotes Conference Game
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