NACOGDOCHES, Texas (Interstat) — Lamar’s offense erupted for 11 runs and five Cardinals pitchers combined on a shutout Sunday as Lamar blanked Stephen F. Austin 11-0 in a game that ended after seven innings at Jaycees Field.

The Cardinals improved to 32-25 overall, while the Lumberjacks fell to 28-26. Lamar took two of three in the weekend series, winning Sunday after dropping the opener Thursday 2-0 and winning Saturday’s first game 4-2.

Lamar wasted little time putting pressure on SFA starter Mulcahy. After a quiet top of the first, the Cardinals broke through in the second inning. Hector Rodriguez walked and Jake Wagoner singled to short, putting runners at first and second. A sacrifice bunt moved both into scoring position, and Braden Benton singled to shallow right field to drive in Rodriguez. A groundout from Sparks scored Wagoner, and Lamar led 2-0 after two.

The decisive inning came in the third. Tracy singled, Durbin singled, and Taylor laid down a bunt single that scored Tracy and advanced Durbin to third. Taylor reached second on a throwing error by SFA catcher Pena. Rodriguez then singled through the right side to bring home Durbin, extending the lead to 3-0. After a pitching change to Bowyer, Wagoner lifted a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Taylor to make it 4-0. The inning ended with Lamar up 4-0, but the Cardinals were far from done.

In the top of the fourth, Sparks led off with a bunt single, moved to third on a throwing error by Bowyer on a pickoff attempt, and scored on a single by Valentine. That made it 5-0.

Lamar added six more runs in the top of the sixth. Durbin doubled and Taylor walked, setting the stage for Rodriguez, who singled through the left side to drive in both runners, with an additional error allowing Rodriguez to reach third. Wagoner then singled up the middle to score Rodriguez, making it 7-0. After a walk to Benton, Sparks singled to right to plate Wagoner, pushing the lead to 8-0. A pinch-runner for Benton, Sunday, came around to score on a walk to Tracy, and Valentine added a single to load the bases before a groundout ended the inning with Lamar ahead 11-0.

The Lumberjacks threatened in the bottom of the second, loading the bases with a double, a hit batter and a single, but starter Julius Carpio induced a fielder’s choice that cut down the lead runner at home. Carpio worked 2.2 innings, allowing no hits and no earned runs while striking out two.

After Carpio exited, Lamar relievers Nathan Darden, Ethan Oceguera, Fabian Ramirez and Hayden Stallings combined for 4.1 hitless innings. Darden got four outs, striking out one. Oceguera retired two batters, also striking out one. Ramirez tossed two perfect innings with one strikeout, and Stallings closed the seventh with a strikeout in a scoreless frame. The five pitchers allowed only two walks and struck out six total.

Stephen F. Austin managed 10 hits but could not push a run across. The Lumberjacks left eight runners on base. SFA starter Mulcahy lasted 1.2 innings, allowing three runs on four hits. Reliever Bowyer took the loss, surrendering one earned run in 1.2 innings.

Wagoner led Lamar with three hits and two RBIs. Rodriguez also drove in two runs with two hits. Benton contributed two hits and an RBI. For SFA, Creel and DeJesus each had two hits, and Henning doubled.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Lamar 7, Stephen F. Austin 6. The Interstat ELO system gave Lamar a 75.00 percent probability to win before the game.