BEAUMONT, Texas — It came down to the bottom of the ninth for the Lamar University Cardinals.

With one out and runners at first and third, Brayden Evans delivered the walk-off RBI single to right to lift the Cardinals over the UT Arlington Mavericks, 3-2, on a blustery Friday night at Vincent-Beck Stadium.

The Cardinals have now won 10 in a row.

LU took the lead in the bottom of the third on a fielder's choice to short off the bat of Tab Tracy, which brought in Hector Rodriguez.

Heladio Moreno hit a leadoff triple in the bottom of the fourth and then Zane Spinn followed up with an RBI single to left center to extend the lead to 2-0.

The Mavericks tied up the score in the top of the seventh on a passed ball and an RBI double that ricocheted off the third base bag off the bat of Xander McAfee.

Setting up the bottom of the ninth, Bryce Grizzaffi drew a leadoff walk and then Connor Kaiser moved him over with a sacrifice bunt.

Rodriguez grounded out to short to allow Grizzaffi to move to third.

Damian Ruiz was intentionally walked to bring up Evans.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Evans finished 4 for 5 with four singles and an RBI. This was his third four-hit game of the season.
• Moreno went 1 for 4 with the triple to extend his hit streak to eight games.
• Spinn finished 1 for 4 with a single and an RBI. He leads the team with 34 RBIs.
• Grizzaffi had a single to go 1 for 3 with a walk.
• Ruiz had an infield single and a walk to go 1 for 4. He extends his on base streak to 31 games and his hitting streak to 14 games.
• Riely Hunsaker went seven innings allowing five hits and one earned run while he tallied seven strikeouts.
• Luke Krkovski improved to 3-0 after he threw two innings with one strikeout while he allowed one hit.

UP NEXT

Due to the inclement weather, Saturday's game has been postponed and moved to Sunday. LU will conclude the three-game series with a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 11:05 a.m.