BEAUMONT, Texas — Behind a solid start from Carter Sutton and 15 hits from the offense, the Lamar University Cardinals won their home opener over the North Dakota State Bison, 10-3, on a cold and wet Tuesday afternoon at Vincent-Beck Stadium.

It was a quick and early start for the LU bats as Reese Beheler drove in two runs with a single through the right side in the first inning.

Brayden Evans then crushed a two-run home run to right to extend the lead to 5-0 in the second.

The Cardinals got one more run on a single to left center by Zane Spinn.

Damian Ruiz tallied the second home run of the afternoon as he belted a two-run shot to right center to make the score 8-0.

Sutton retired his first six batters in order while he did not allow a hit until the top of the fourth.

North Dakota State ended the shutout in the top of the sixth when Noah Gordon hit a two-run home run down the right field line.

LU extended its lead to eight runs in the bottom half of the sixth when Easton Culp delivered a two-RBI single through the left side.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Tab Tracy extended his hitting streak to four games after he went 3 for 5 with three singles and a walk.
• Tracy has a team-high eight hits while he is batting .667.
• Ruiz also had a three-hit performance, tallying two singles, a home run and two RBIs.
• Hector Rodriguez finished 2 for 3 with two singles, two walks and an RBI.
• Rodriguez has been walked a team-high seven times.
• Heladio Moreno had two singles and a walk to go 2 for 3.
• Beheler went 1 for 3 with two walks, a single and two RBIs.
• Spinn was hit by pitch twice as he finished 2 for 2 with a pair of singles, a walk and an RBI.
• Sutton went five innings allowing one hit while he had five strikeouts.
• Fabian Ramirez tallied five strikeouts in two innings of relief. He struck out the side in the seventh.
• Luke Krkovski had a perfect inning of relief, not allowing a single hit.
• Ethan Oceguera fanned two batters in one inning to give the LU pitching staff 12 strikeouts.

 HOME SWEET HOME

The Cardinals have won their last seven straight home openers.

LU is 25-5 in home openers since 1990 and 18-2 since 2000.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

LU is now 8-4 against the Bison since 2016. The Bison had won the last three meetings.

UP NEXT

LU concludes its two-game series with the Bison at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

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