CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Clark Candiotti and Caden Favors combined to allow just two hits while striking out 12, and Wichita State manufactured a pair of runs to edge Cincinnati 2-1 on Friday afternoon at UC Baseball Stadium. The victory extends the Shockers winning streak to five games.

It's the second time in the last week that the Shockers have held an opponent to two hits or fewer after limiting Massachusetts to two hits last Saturday.

Candiotti (3-2) was untouchable in the early going, retiring the first 12 Bearcats he faced while striking out six. He allowed a leadoff solo homer to Cole Harting in the fifth and pitched around a two-out double in the sixth to earn his third victory of the season, finishing his day with seven strikeouts and just two walks.

Favors took the baton from Candiotti in the seventh and allowed only one baserunner over the final three innings to earn the save, the first of his collegiate career. The southpaw struck out five, including all three men he faced in the eighth, and ended his outing by retiring the last seven Cincinnati hitters.

Wichita State (15-10) mustered just enough offense to support the stellar effort on the mound, scratching across single runs in the first and fifth. Payton Tolle opened the scoring in the first with an RBI single against Cincinnati starter Chase Hopewell (1-2), and Chuck Ingram made it 2-0 in the fifth by beating out a potential inning-ending double play grounder to score Kyte McDonald.

The Shockers ended the day with seven hits, all singles, from seven different players.

Hopewell pitched well in defeat for the Bearcats (11-16), tagged for two runs in six innings while striking out four. Two Cincinnati relievers held the Shockers off the board for the final three innings.

The Shockers and Bearcats have rescheduled Saturday's game for a 12:00 pm CT first pitch due to expected cold weather.