SAN ANTONIO –Garrett Terrell hit a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the ninth to give the University of the Incarnate Word baseball team a 7-5 win over Texas Southern on Tuesday evening at Sullivan Field.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Cardinals (9-5) trailed 3-0 early in the ball game, but eventually tied it 5-5 in the eighth inning with two runs. Then with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Terrell connected with his first collegiate homerun to give the Cardinals their fourth consecutive victory.
 
The Tigers (2-10) jumped out on top in the first inning with three runs, but UIW answered with a run, when Mark Whitehead scored after reaching base on a single, later stealing third base and eventually scoring on a balk. Then in the second inning, the Cardinals would cut the lead down to 3-2 when Tanner White drove in Ryan Gonzalez from third base, after hitting a triple to center field.
 
Austin Preiss worked 3.2 innings in relief and kept the Tigers off the board until the fifth inning when Olajide Oloruntimilehin hit a two-run homerun to extend the lead to 5-2. But the Cardinal bullpen then came in to shut the door. Jenner Jackson and Ramon Salazar combined to pitch 5.0 scoreless innings to give the Cardinals a chance.
 
In the eighth inning, a perfectly placed bunt from Bryce Shepherd advanced the runners to second and third with one out. Then, Ryan Gonzalez hit a hard groundball through the left side that brought in Terrell. Tanner White followed with a sacrifice fly to center field to tie the game 5-5.
 
After a scoreless ninth from Salazar, the Cardinals had a runner on second and two outs when Terrell came up and hit a 2-0 fastball over the left field fence.
 
Salazar picked up with win after 2.2 great innings of work, allowing two hits, no runs and striking out two. He is now 2-1 on the year. The loss went to Ryan Hawkins after allowing the two-run homer.

The walk-off win is the third for the Cardinals this season.
 
LEADERS
 
Terrell led the way with three hits, three runs, two RBI, and a walk. Shepherd and Ryan Gonzalez both finished the evening 2-for-3, and Gonzalez added a run and an RBI. White collected two RBI despite going 0-for3. Mark Whitehead extended his hitting streak to 10 games, and also stole his team-leading 9^th base.
 
Oloruntimilehin led the Tigers with three RBI and two hits, while Jose Camacho and Gerrek Jimenez each hit two base-knocks.
 
UP NEXT
 
The Cardinals will host Richmond tomorrow, Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Sullivan Field. Luke Taggart will get the ball for UIW
 
STAY TUNED
 
UIW will follow the mid-week games with the start of Southland Conference play when they travel to Abilene Christian for a three-game set on Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
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