SAN ANTONIO (Interstat) — Jon Jon Gazdar hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning and a decisive RBI single in the 10th, lifting the Springfield Cardinals to a 6-4 win over the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Sunday at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium.

The Cardinals, now 3-0, broke a 1-1 tie when Gazdar cleared the bases with his first homer. Amarillo, falling to 0-3, answered with three runs in the ninth to force extras. In the 10th, Jeremy Rivas hit a sacrifice fly before Gazdar’s single provided the final margin.

Springfield’s Mason Molina allowed one run over five innings. Ashton Izzi pitched five scoreless frames for Amarillo. Domenic Picone earned the win in relief before a crowd of 3,601. The game took 2 hours, 40 minutes.