Rob Liddington Jr. produced six RBIs Tuesday night with two home runs and a double, powering the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals past UTSA 8-5 at Roadrunner Field.

Liddington, from Phoenix, Ariz., was nearly a one-man wrecking crew as UIW snapped UTSA’s school-record 14-game winning streak.

He hit a solo home run to right field in the fourth inning, which was followed immediately by a Rey Mendoza solo homer. Liddington added a three-run double in the fifth and then followed with a two-run homer in the eighth.

Lefthander Gus McKay (1-0) pitched seven innings to earn the victory.

Keeping the Roadrunners off balance with a breaking pitch and a moving fastball, McKay allowed three runs — two of them earned — on four hits. He walked three, hit five batters and struck out three.

UIW righty Jonah Posey was charged with two runs on two hits in closing out the game in the eighth and ninth innings.

UTSA righthander James Hubbard (1-2) worked the first four and a third innings and was tagged with the loss. He yielded six runs, four of them earned, on seven hits.

Trailing by six runs after Liddington belted his team-leading ninth homer of the season in the eighth inning, the Roadrunners rallied with two outs to score three times in the bottom half.

James Taussig laced a two-run single to left and Mason Lytle added another hit for an RBI to make it 8-5.

At that point, Posey ended the threat when he got Drew Detlefsen to ground into a force play. In the ninth, Posey retired three straight to close out the game.

With the win, UIW improved to 9-8 on the season and 1-4 on the road. UTSA dropped to 15-4 and 13-1 at home.

Records

Incarnate Word 9-8
UTSA 15-4

Coming up

UIW at Tarleton State, Wednesday, 2 p.m.
UTSA at Dallas Baptist, Friday, 6 p.m.

Notable

The Cardinals’ last win in the series between San Antonio’s two NCAA Division I baseball programs came at their home ball park in April of 2023 when Rey Mendoza hit a three-run, walk-off homer for a 9-6 victory.

Last season, UTSA beat UIW twice, once on the road and once at home. After Tuesday night’s game, the Roadrunners lead the all-time series, 20-13.

UTSA is 13-7 at home against UIW. The Cardinals’ last win at Roadrunner Field came in 2016.