MONROE, La. – Down by a run heading to the ninth, Texas State scored three times in the final frame that saw Chris Bernal drive in the go-ahead runs to take the series finale 13-11 over ULM at Lou St. Amant Field on Sunday.
 
The win sees the Bobcats improve to 18-19 overall and 6-9 in the Sun Belt Conference while the Warhawks drop to 17-18 on the year and 5-10 in league play.
 
Bernal came on as a defensive replacement behind the plate in the eighth and came through at the plate a frame later with a two RBI single. Rashawn Galloway added a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth as well that tied the contest.
 
Both Chase Mora and Daylan Pena went 2-for-4 at the plate and scored twice. Mora drove in four runs as he hit a double and triple. For Pena, he extended his reached base streak to 32 games to tie for the third longest in program history with Garrett Mattladge's 2013 mark.
 
Also finishing with two base knocks was Kameron Weil. Scoring twice was Aaron Lugo and Cade Manning while Ian Collier hit a two-run homer.
 
Picking up the win was Jonathan Martinez (2-2) as he worked 1.2 scoreless innings with one strikeout. Earning his second save of the season was Otto Wofford after throwing a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts. Carson Orton (3-2) gave up two runs on one hit and three walks to take the loss.
 
Drayton Brown started and went 3.1 innings with two strikeouts but gave up seven hits and five runs. Cameron Bush struck out four over three innings out of the bullpen.
 
The scoring started for TXST in the first with Pena hitting a bloop single down the right field line to bring home Weil. The second run of the frame came on a sacrifice fly by Alec Patino. After Cade Manning was plunked to load the bases, Mora hit a bases clearing triple down the right line. He would come home on Ian Collier's two-run home run to cap off a seven-run frame.
 
ULM threatened in the bottom of the inning as it loaded the bases with two singles and a walk with two outs. Brown was able to get Ian Montz looking for a strikeout to escape unscathed.
 
The Warhawks would get on the board in the second with three runs with an assist to a Bobcat error.
 
Doubles by Mora and Weil would bring home a run apiece as the Bobcats' increased their advantage to 9-3 in the third.
 
ULM cut into the lead with a five-run fourth behind six hits with half of them not leaving the infield. The hosts would tie the game at 9-9 in the sixth.
 
Pena worked a walk to start the seventh. He would then advance to second on a sacrifice bunt and to third on a groundout. A wild pitch would allow the junior to score to put Texas State back in front.
 
The lead would be short-lived as the Warhawks scored twice in the bottom of the inning on just one hit and a Bobcat error.
 
A 0-1 pitch was sent back up the middle by Pena to start off the ninth with a single and he would be lifted for pinch runner Cameron O'Banan. After a four-pitch walk issued to Lugo, Patino hit a deep fly out to left center that allowed both runners to move into scoring position.
 
Galloway hit a 2-2 pitch to center to drive in the O'Banan to tie the game. After a strikeout, Mora was intentionally walked to bring Bernal to the plate. The sophomore laced a 1-2 pitch through the hole on the left side to plate two runs and put TXST back in front 13-11.
 
Wofford retired the first two batters in the bottom of the ninth via a strikeout and groundout. After hitting a batter, the senior right-hander got Shawn Weatherbee swinging for a punch out to salvage the series for the Bobcats.
 
Next up for Texas State is a game on Tuesday in San Antonio against Incarnate Word. The first pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Sullivan Field.
 
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