SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team traveled across town to face the University of Texas at San Antonio for a Tuesday night matchup. The Cardinals fell 13-3 to the Roadrunners in eight innings.
 
UTSA scored four quick runs in the bottom of the first and another in the second to take a 5-0 lead over the Cardinals.
 
A Rey Mendoza single in the top of the third brought home Luca Boscarino and added a run to the board for UIW (5-1).
 
Two runs apiece in the fourth and sixth innings for the Roadrunners gave UTSA a commanding 9-1 advantage heading into the seventh.
 
Dalton Beck got the scoring started for the Cardinals in the top of the seventh with a double to right field, scoring Cameron Caley. Beck then advanced to third on a throwing error and a ground out from Grant Randall plated Beck to cut the score to 9-3.
 
UTSA added one run in the bottom of the seventh and four more in the eighth to take the 13-3 victory over the Cardinals.
 
UIW now looks to finish out Southland Conference play with a series at Houston Christian beginning on Thursday, May 16 at 2 p.m.
 
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