Stephenville, Texas - The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team was defeated by Tarleton State on Tuesday evening, 8-4.
The Cardinals drew first blood, scoring an unearned run in the first to take a 1-0 lead.
The Texans drove in four in the third to take a 4-1 lead after three.
Tarleton scored three more in the fifth to extend its lead to 7-1.
Grant Randall recorded his second RBI of the night on an infield single in the sixth to bring the score to 7-2. Later in the inning, the Texans scored on a passed ball to extend the lead to 8-2.
The Cardinals scored two runs in the ninth on an RBI double from Ryder Hernandez and an RBI single from Daniel Calabrese to bring the final score to 8-4.
UIW travels to UNO to take on the Privateers on Thursday, March 28. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
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