LAKE CHARLES – McNeese baseball (19-17, 9-9) will close out its four-game home stand Tuesday as Grambling (11-23, 8-7) comes to town for a midweek match up. The meeting marks the second time in a week the two teams will face off.

First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

The Cowboys are coming off a conference series victory over Incarnate Word, taking two of three games. Jaden Bahl picked up his first Division I win in game two, while Jake Blackwell remained perfect on the season, improving to 4-0 with a win in game three.

Grambling enters the week following a series loss at home to Southern. The Tigers scored 22 runs over the weekend against the Jaguars, with game three going to extra innings.

McNeese defeated Grambling 4-1 last week behind two sacrifice flies and a bases-clearing single from Hayden Stringfellow. Brady Corcoran earned his first career win in the game, moving to 1-1 on the season.

Series Information: vs Grambling

• Location: Lake Charles, LA 
• Last 5 Meetings: 5-0
• Last Meeting: April 7, 2026, | McN, 4-1 at GRAM

Records:

• McNeese (19-17, 9-9)
• Grambling (11-23, 8-7)

Gameday Notebook:

• Second matchup between the two programs within the last seven days
• Cowboys took the win last week with at Grambling 4-1 
• Brady Corcoran picked up his first collegiate win over Grambling to move to 1-1 on the season
• Kaden Schuck went 4-4 at the plate in Game 2 vs UIW
• Jaden Bahl picked up his first Division I win over UIW in game 2
• Matt Stancliff hit his fourth home run of the season in game 3 vs UIW
• Hayden Stringfellow hit his fourth home run of the season in game 3 vs UIW
• Isaiah Keller hit his second home run of the season in game 3 vs UIW to walk it off in the bottom of the ninth inning.
• Jake Blackwell picked up the win against UIW in game three to remain undefeated on the season at 4-0 on the year
• Matt Stancliff will enter the game on a nine-game hit streak
• Matt Stancliff will enter the game with a reached base streak and reached safely streak of 25.
• Danny Barbero leads the team in home runs with five.
• Marcus Heusohn leads the team in doubles with 11.
• Matt Stancliff leads the team in stolen bases with 18 on the season
• Nachtsheim leads the pitching staff in strikeouts on the season with 76 in his 11 appearances.

• Cowboy pitching staff has recorded 361 strikeouts in 223.2 innings pitched this season.
• The Cowboys return three of their top four hitters from the 2025 campaign, highlighted by Easton Dowell, who led the team with a .369 batting average. Marcus Heusohn also returns after posting a .327 average and 15 doubles, the third-most on the team, while Larry Edwards Jr. hit .316 and drove in a team-high 47 runs.

• Simon Larranaga returns to the Cowboys after leading them last season in homeruns with 12 on the year.
• Cooper Golden returns as the lone weekend starter from last season after compiling a 3-3 record and 4.71 ERA in 14 starts and 15 appearances. 
• Cowboys will play 32 home games this season.
• Head Coach, Justin Hill is entering his 13^th season at the helm of the program and is the school's all-time winningest coach with a 365-284 overall record and 180-143 conference record.
• Cowboys return 20 players from last year's team, as well as welcome 21 newcomers to the roster.
• The 21 newcomers for the Cowboys hail from Bossier Parish CC (5), Navarro College (3), Rose State College, LSU-E, National Park College, Hill College, Butler, UNLV, Tyler Juco (2), Delgado CC, Central Missouri, Mississippi College, UT Tyler, and High School (2).
• Three of the Cowboys' opponents this season advanced to the NCAA Regionals last year – Kansas, Houston Christian, and LSU, who won the College World Series against Coastal Carolina.