DBU picked up their eighth win of the year when they defeated McNeese State on Saturday afternoon, 10-8.  The Patriots improved to 8-3 overall, while MSU fell to 1-10. 

The Patriots wasted no time and jumped out to the early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.  Sophomore Ryan Enos led off with a bunt single; he then stole second, third base, and scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch.  Junior Evan Bigley then walked and stole second, which allowed Senior Drew Pirtle to drive in Bigley on an RBI single to right field. 

DBU added a run in the bottom of the third inning after Junior Trevor Head doubled to lead off the inning.  Sophomore Jason Krizan moved over Head to third base on a fielder's choice ground ball and Head scored the third run of the game on a an error committed by the Cowboys third baseman. 

Junior Clay Kelly started the bottom of the fourth inning with a walk, then advance to second on a sacrifice bunt by Krizan.  Kelly then stole third base and scored on a ground out by Knight.  Bigley then reached base on an error and stole second base to get into scoring position.  Pirtle roped a single to right field, which allowed Bigley to score from second.  After four innings of play the Patriots held a 5-0 lead. 

The Patriots extended their lead to 8-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning on five hits, including five singles in a row. 

The Cowboys tied the score up 8-8 in the top of the seventh inning when they chased starting pitcher Sophomore Ryan Goins from the game.  Tay Freemen led off the inning with a double and advance to third on a single by Kyle Roth.  Freemen scored the first run of the game on an error by Head, which brought up Brian Thompson, who hit an RBI single to left field.  The Cowboys scored their third run of the inning on another single up the middle by Josh Cholley.  With the bases loaded, Shon Landry drew a two out walk, which allowed Justin Beitzel to score from third base.  Freeman came back up for the second time in the inning and hit an two RBI single up the middle, which allowed Roth to hit an RBI dink infield single to third base.  Thompson drove in the eighth run of the inning on an RBI single up the middle.  

Head gave the Patriots the lead back in the bottom of the eighth inning after he hit a towering two run homerun to left center field.  Also scoring on the play was Junior Brandon Bantz, who was on second base because he it a double to left field.

Picking up the victory for the Patriots was Haney, who pitched 1.2 innings, allowing no runs, and striking out one.  Bagley picked up the save for the Patriots after throwing 2/3 of inning, allowing no runs, and one hit.

Head continues to slap the baseball all around the diamond after he went three for five, with three RBI, and three runs scored.   Enos, Bloodworth, and Pirtle each had two hits, while Pirtle had two RBI and one run scored.