Jacks Advance in Beaumont Bracket with Shutout Win over Host Cardinals

Thursday, May 14

Beaumont, TX

6:00 PM

Stephen F. Austin

28-25

(2) Lamar

28-25

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Stephen F. Austin	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Lamar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

Jacks Advance in Beaumont Bracket with Shutout Win over Host Cardinals

5/14/2026 9:40:00 PM | Baseball

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SFA plays (6) Northwestern State with berth in bracket title game at stake

BEAUMONT, Texas – Behind a strong starting effort from Cody Templeton, a three-inning relief effort by Reid Bowyer and timely hitting including a solo blast by Josh Ibe to open scoring in the second inning, (7) Stephen F. Austin advanced in the Beaumont Bracket with a 2-0 shutout win over host (2) Lamar on Thursday night from Vincent-Beck Stadium. The Jacks move into Friday night's winner's bracket to face (6) Northwestern State, while the Cardinals look to avoid elimination against (3) UTRGV tomorrow afternoon.

Templeton earned his sixth victory of the season as he went six innings allowing five hits and working around three walks to keep the Cardinals off the scoreboard. Templeton fanned five batters and stranded Lamar base runners in the first, second, fifth and sixth innings with multiple Cardinals left on in the second and sixth.

His effort was supported offensively by Ibe who belted his team-leading seventh home run of the season in his first plate appearance to put the Jacks on the board. An insurance run was supplied in the fifth as Cermodrick Bland singled through the left side to plate Ethan Peña. That backed Templeton and was more than enough for Bowyer who, after issuing a two-out walk in the post-stretch seventh, sat down the next seven Cardinal batters to earn the save.

POSTGAME NOTES

The Jacks win in a postseason tournament for the first time since 2019
Prior to Thursday night's win, the Jacks' last postseason victory was also of the shutout variety blanking (3) Southeastern Louisiana 5-0 on May 22, 2019
Thursday's win was the 13^th for the Jacks on the road which are the most since the 2011 season
It marked Templeton's 11^th outing this season at 5+ innings and the seventh time he pitched into the sixth
Templeton moved into the top 10 all-time in single season strikeouts with his 72 this spring tied for the sixth most
Bowyer picked up his fourth save of the season
Ibe's seventh blast this season gives him 21 for his career as a Lumberjack which is tied for the sixth most all-time in a career
The Jacks drew three walks on Thursday to set a new single season program record in free passes drawn with 254 and counting
Peña recorded his 17^th multi-hit game this season; tied for second-most among all SFA hitters
Juan Cantua's active team-leading reached streak improved to 11 games and Coby DeJesus' increased to nine games
Mark Henning has reached safely in 31 of his last 32 games

UP NEXT
The Jacks meet (6) Northwestern State with a berth in the Beaumont Bracket title game on the line at 6 p.m. on Friday night. SFA trailed 9-8 through seven in game one of a road series against the Demons, was walked off by NSU in game two and salvaged the series behind five-run innings in the fifth and eighth innings. Live coverage links are available at www.SFAjacks.com.

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