- McNeese State’s Payton Harden slides in with the steal of second base and Cal State Northridge’s Ali Camarillo awaits the throw during a game Saturday at Joe Miller Ballpark. (Rick Hickman / American Press)
Antonio Gauthier and Brad Burckel came to McNeese State by way of the transfer portal.
Saturday afternoon the duo helped transform defeat into victory for the Cowboys.
Gauthier, a Barbe High product by way of Wharton (Texas) Community College, homered with one out in the bottom of the 10th to lift the Cowboys to a 4-3 comeback victory over Cal State Northridge at Joe Miller Ballpark.
His blast to right field came one inning after Burckel, a transfer from Houston, did the same thing to tie the score at 3-3 and send it into extra innings.
“You play for moments like that,” Gauthier said. “I knew I hit it good but I was just hoping for a triple. When it went out I was in the black running around the bases.”
It was Gauthier’s first homer of the season and his first-ever walk-off hit.
But Northridge reliever Diego Gutierrez earned his first save two batters later when he got Kade Morris to pop up with two runners on the corners.
“We are not producing consistent offense,” said McNeese head coach Justin Hill.
The loss was the fourth in five games for the Cowboys (8-6). Northridge improved to 8-5 by winning its second straight on the road.
“They strung together their hits better,” Hill said. “And we were not able to get them off the fastball.”
Jacob Simmons went 4-for-5 and was one of five Matadors to have at least two hits. Northridge finished with 15 hits, including five in a row during a four-run fourth when it took the lead for good, 6-3.
That’s also the inning the Matadors chased McNeese starter Chance Stone (1-2), who allowed five runs on eight hits over three-plus innings of work.
Meanwhile, after allowing three runs in the first two innings, Northridge starter Blake Sodersten (3-1) found his game. He worked into the night and gave up four runs on 11 hits but didn’t walk a batter while striking out five.
“I thought their guy got better and we didn’t,” Hill said.
McNeese also had five players get two hits with Tré Obregon, Payton Harden, Brad Burckel and Braden Duhon joining Johnson.
Burckel even stole home for McNeese’s first run in the opening inning.
But it wasn’t enough as Bert West’s RBI triple highlighted a three-run eighth for the Matadors which gave them enough breathing room to survive the Cowboys uprising in the ninth.
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