LAKE CHARLES, La. – Wichita State won its season opener 10-7 over McNeese State that finished on Saturday after the game was suspended on Friday due to fog with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
Alec Bohm went 2-for-5 with four RBI, a grand slam and a double, while
Greyson Jenista went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a home run.
Gunnar Troutwine finished 3-for-5 with two doubles.
Codi Heuer went five innings and gave up four runs on four hits with three walks and a career-high eight strikeouts.
Tommy Barnhouse struck out the final two batters for his first save.
The Cowboys used a two-out solo home run from Shane Selman to take a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
In the top of the fourth, the Shockers got a leadoff home run from
Greyson Jenista to tie the score at one.
The Shockers took the lead with a big fifth inning. With one out,
Gunnar Troutwine doubled and
Jordan Boyer and
Luke Ritter walked to load the bases. Jenista followed with a walk to drive in Troutwine and Bohm homered to centerfield to clear the bases for a 6-1 lead.
The Cowboys answered in the bottom of the fifth. McNeese used two singles, a walk and a hit by pitch to score three runs to pull within 6-4.
Ritter led off the seventh with a walk and moved to second on an error. With two outs, Mason O'Brien was intentionally walked and
Dayton Dugas doubled to left field to scored Ritter for a 7-4 lead.
Travis Young followed with a two-run double to score O'Brien and Dugas to push the lead to 9-4.
McNeese added a run in the seventh to cut the lead to 9-5, but a Jenista RBI single pushed the Shocker lead to 10-5 in the top of the eighth.
After back-to-back hits in the ninth, the Cowboys cut the lead to 10-6 before the game was suspended due to fog. McNeese picked up where it left off with an RBI single and a walk to bring the tying run to the plate.
Tommy Barnhouse entered the game and struck out the two batters he faced to preserve the 10-7 win.
The Shockers and Cowboys will play game two on Saturday with game three on Sun., Feb. 18 at 11 a.m.
