HOUSTON, TEXAS – McNeese baseball (23-21, 11-13) hits the road for its final midweek match up of the season, traveling to face Houston (18-24, 4-17) on Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

The Cowboys are coming off a conference series loss to UT Rio Grande Valley, dropping two of three games, with both losses extending into extra innings. McNeese recorded 19 runs on 34 hits over the weekend, including 11 extra-base hits. Eric Nachtsheim increased his season total to 96 strikeouts, moving into seventh place in program history for strikeouts in a single season.

The Cougars enter the game following a Big 12 series loss to TCU, dropping all three games over the weekend. Houston travels to Nacogdoches on Tuesday to face Stephen F. Austin in a midweek contest before returning home to host McNeese on Wednesday and Cincinnati in a weekend series.

Series Information: at Houston

• Location: Houston, Texas 
• Last 5 Meetings: 1-4
• Last Meeting: April 29, 2025, | Houston, 4-3 at McNeese

Records:

• McNeese (23-21, 11-13)
• Houston (18-24, 4-17)

 
Gameday Notebook:

• Cowboys coming off a weekend series loss to UTRGV dropping two of three games
• Connor Achee picked up his second win on the season in game two of the series against UTRGV moving to 2-4 overall
• Eric Nachtsheim picked up the two losses on the weekend pitching in relief to move to 5-3 on the season
• With increasing his strikeout total to 96, Eric Nachtsheim sits at 7^th place in program history for strikeouts in a season,
• Korey Cooper hit his second home run on the season in game one against UTRGV while going 2 for three at the plate with 4 RBIs.
• Connor Walker hit his third double on the season against UTRGV in game three of the weekend.
• Danny Barbero his first triple of the season against the Vaqueros in game one
• Matt Stancliff has now 10 doubles on the season after hitting three over the weekend and two in one game
• Marcus Heusohn hit his 12^th double of the season and leads the team in doubles.
• Matt Stancliff hit his seventh home run of the season in Saturday's win against UTRGV
• Isaiah Keller hit two home runs in Sunday's game against UTRGV to bring his season total to five.
• DJ Pinkerton hit his 10^th double on the season in Saturday's win over UTRGV. 
• Danny Barbero leads the team with 14 multi-hit games this season as well as 12 multiple RBI games 13 on the season
• Matt Stancliff leads the team in multiple run games with 13 on the season
• Danny Barbero and Matt Stancliff lead the team in home runs with seven.
• DJ Pinkerton will enter Wednesday's game on an eight-game hitting streak
• Easton Dowell will enter Wednesday's game with a reached safely and reached base streak of 11.
• Matt Stancliff leads the team in stolen bases with being 21 for 21 on the season
• Nachtsheim leads the pitching staff in strikeouts on the season with 96 in his 15 appearances.
• Cowboy pitching staff has recorded 437 strikeouts in 396.2 innings pitched this season.
• The pitching staff is now 82 strikeouts away from tying the record for strikeouts in a season set back in 2022 and 83 strikeouts away from setting a new record.
• 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.