SAN ANTONIO (Interstat) — The Incarnate Word Cardinals outlasted the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 9-8 in 12 innings Friday afternoon and evening at Roadrunner Field, pulling out a walk-off, bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 12th that capped a seesaw contest.

Cermodrick Bland’s three-run triple in the top of the ninth gave Stephen F. Austin an 8-4 lead, but the Cardinals answered with a four-run bottom of the eighth to tie the game. In the decisive 12th, Incarnate Word loaded the bases on a walk, an intentional walk and another walk, and Josh Enriquez drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the winning run.

Gus McKay started for Incarnate Word and worked seven innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs while striking out three. The Lumberjacks used eight pitchers, with Cody Templeton, Ayden Terry, Nate Vidlak and Kadin Munson each throwing scoreless relief, but Seanan Farney took the loss after allowing the winning run in the 12th. Ashton Perkins worked 2 2/3 innings of two-hit, scoreless relief for the Cardinals, and Matthew Foley recorded a perfect 1 1/3 innings of relief to earn the win.

Stephen F. Austin outhit Incarnate Word 12-13, but the Lumberjacks stranded 11 runners and hit into three double plays. Bland finished 2 for 5 with three RBIs. Juan Cantua drove in two runs with a double in the eighth and also walked twice. The Lumberjacks also got a two-RBI single from Swift and an RBI single from Henning in the eighth.

For Incarnate Word, Enriquez drove in three runs, including the game-ender and a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Jayden Anderson had three hits and an RBI, and Colton Cymbalista added two hits and two RBIs. The Cardinals overcame a 4-0 deficit after the first inning when Stephen F. Austin plated eight runs over the first eight frames.

The game began with Stephen F. Austin scoring a run in the first on Bland’s sacrifice fly. Incarnate Word tied it in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Enriquez, but the Lumberjacks regained the lead in the third on a two-run double by Cantua. The Cardinals tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the third on an RBI groundout by Enriquez and an RBI single by Cymbalista.

Stephen F. Austin took a 4-3 lead in the fourth on an RBI single by Henning, but Incarnate Word answered in the fifth on another RBI single by Cymbalista. The Lumberjacks exploded for four runs in the top of the eighth, highlighted by Bland’s triple and a two-run double by Cantua, to take an 8-4 lead. The Cardinals rallied in the bottom of the eighth with four runs, including a two-run single by Anderson and a sacrifice fly by Tabor, to tie the game at 8-8.

The Lumberjacks had a chance to regain the lead in the top of the 11th when Bland walked and moved to third on a throwing error, but was left stranded. In the bottom of the 12th, the Cardinals loaded the bases on a walk, an intentional walk and a walk to Tabor, setting up Enriquez’s game-winning walk.

The victory improved Incarnate Word to 18-28, while Stephen F. Austin fell to 25-24. The two teams play again Saturday in the series finale.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Stephen F. Austin 3, Incarnate Word 1, while the Interstat ELO system gave Incarnate Word a 59.80 percent probability to win.