SAN ANTONIO (Interstat) — Gus McKay pitched seven innings of six-hit ball and Incarnate Word scored on a walk-off walk in the 12th inning to beat Stephen F. Austin 9-8 on Friday at Roadrunner Field.

The Cardinals, who improved to 18-28, took an early lead behind McKay’s steady work. Cermodrick Bland went 2 for 5 with three RBIs for the Lumberjacks, who fell to 25-24. Juan Cantua added two RBIs for Stephen F. Austin.

Incarnate Word led 4-0 until a Stephen F. Austin rally in the top of the eighth, when the Lumberjacks scored four runs to tie the game. Cantua delivered a two-run double and later scored on a single. The Cardinals answered with four runs in the bottom half, capped by Anderson’s bunt single and a sacrifice fly.

Stephen F. Austin tied the game in the top of the ninth on Bland’s three-run triple. The game remained deadlocked until the bottom of the 12th, when Enriquez drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the winning run.