STEPHENVILLE, Texas — It was a slugfest between Lamar University and Tarleton State on Tuesday afternoon.

Both teams combined for nine home runs, 18 extra base hits and 38 runs.

In the end, the Cards held off the Texans for a 22-16 victory at the Tarleton Baseball Complex.

LU has won nine in a row while it improves to 10-0 in midweek games.

It didn't take long for the LU offense to get going.

As Damian Ruiz and Tab Tracy each drew a walk and Brayden Evans singled to load up the bases, Zak Skinner followed up with a grand slam.

The Texans tied up the score in the bottom half of the first.

Tarleton State then took a 7-4 lead in the bottom of the second as it scored three runs on a three-run home run by Slade McCloud.

LU got a run back in the top of the third on an RBI double by Zane Spinn.

Tarleton State responded by getting a run off of a sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the third.

The Cardinals rallied for eight runs in the top of the fourth to break open the floodgates.

Skinner delivered an RBI single while Heladio Moreno hit an RBI double to left center. Spinn followed up with an RBI single through the left side.

Logan Hamm went yard by hitting a three-run home run to right and then Hector Rodriguez followed up with a solo home run to left making the score 13-8.

Skinner belted his second home run of the afternoon in the top of the fifth as he hit a two-run shot to right.

Hamm sparked a four-run rally in the top of the sixth by hitting a leadoff solo home run to center.

Evans, Moreno and Spinn each had an RBI single to give the Cards a 10-run lead.

The Texans did not go down quietly as they got a grandslam from Tyson Drake in the bottom of the seventh to make the score 19-13.

LU pushed across three more runs in the top of the ninth as Rodriguez hit an RBI double and Skinner tallied two RBIs off a double to right center.

Drake belted a three-run home run for the Texans in the bottom of the ninth, but the rally was cut short after Hayden Stallings got back-to-back strikeouts.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Skinner finished 4 for 7 with a single, double, two home runs and nine RBIs to extend his hitting streak to seven games.
• Since 2010, Skinner has tallied the most RBIs in a single game since Ryan Meade had eight in 2010.
• Hamm went 3 for 6 with a double, two home runs and four RBIs.
• Three Cardinals have hit two home runs in a single game this season. Evans was the first (McNeese, March 15).
• Spinn went 3 for 6 with two singles, a double, a walk and three RBIs. Spinn has five RBIs and five hits in his last two plate appearances combined.
• Moreno had two singles, two doubles, a walk and three RBIs to go 4 for 6 to extend his hit streak to seven games.
• Rodriguez finished 2 for 4 with a double, home run, two walks and two RBIs.
• Ruiz extended his on base streak to 30 games and his hitting streak to 13 games after going 1 for 5 with a double and two walks.
• Evans went 2 for 6 with two singles and an RBI.
• Tracy was walked twice to go 1 for 4 with a single and four runs scored.
• The Cardinals went 20 for 47 (.426) at the plate with 13 extra base hits (8 doubles, 5 home runs).
• As a team, LU hit for the home run cycle tallying a grand slam, solo home run, two-run home run and three-run home run.
• The eight doubles are the fourth most in a single game in program history, tying the eight doubles hit against Northwestern State in 2017.
• The five home runs were one shy from tying the third most in a single game in program history.
• The 22 total hits tie for sixth most in a single game in program history. The last time LU had 22 hits in a game was against Abilene Christian in 2017.
• Peyton Havard improves to 3-1 after going five innings with six strikeouts.
• The LU pitching staff finished with 12 strikeouts. The staff has tallied 10 or more strikeouts in 12 games.

UP NEXT

LU hosts UT Arlington for a three-game series beginning 6 p.m. Friday, April 4.