RUSTON, La. — It came down to the final inning with the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs threatening to tie up the game.

On a two-out single to left, Kameryn Henderson fired the ball to his relay man Zane Spinn who threw a dart to Zak Skinner for the final out.

The Lamar University Cardinals extended their winning streak to eight games with a 6-5 victory over the Bulldogs on Monday night at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.

The Cards took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first after Damian Ruiz scored on a ground out to short.

Louisiana Tech went ahead 3-0 on two hits in the bottom half of the first.

With two outs in the top of the third, Skinner and Reese Beheler delivered back-to-back RBI singles up the middle.

Spinn then beat out an infield single to second that also brought in a run to give LU a 4-3 lead.

After a double to left center by Ruiz, Brayden Evans crushed a two-run home run down the right field line to give the Cards a three-run lead in the top of the fourth.

Louisiana Tech cut the deficit to one run with an RBI double to center in the eighth.

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Cards finished with 12 hits.
• Evans went 4 for 5 with three singles, a home run, two runs scored and two RBIs.
• Ruiz extended his hitting streak to 10 games by going 2 for 5 with two doubles.
• Skinner finished 2 for 5 with two singles and an RBI.
• Spinn was walked twice to go 2 for 2 with two singles and an RBI.
• Beheler tallied a single to go 1 for 4 with an RBI.
• Heladio Moreno extended his hitting streak to eight games by going 1 for 4 with a single.
• Luke Krkovski earned his first win of the season, tossing two innings allowing two hits with one strikeout.
• Mark Lopez picked up his first save after allowing one hit in 1.1 innings of relief.
• Austin Neal did not allow a hit or run in 1.2 innings while he fanned two batters.
• The LU bullpen finished with six strikeouts. Fabian Ramirez had two strikeouts in 1.2 innings.
• This was LU's first win over Louisiana Tech since March 14, 2006. Louisiana Tech had won the last four meetings.
• LU had not played Louisiana Tech since 2012. The Cards trail the all-time series, 51-61.

UP NEXT
The Cardinals begin Southland Conference play at UTRGV on Friday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m.