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LAFAYETTE, La. – Louisiana scored four unanswered runs, including a pair of fourth-inning home runs, to defeat the University of South Alabama baseball team 4-1 in Sunday's rubber match at Russo Park.

USA (15-20, 5-10 Sun Belt) took an early lead with a run in the second inning, but UL (19-20, 8-7 Sun Belt) responded with four unanswered runs en route to a series-clinching win.

South Alabama will return to action Tue., April 16, when it hosts Southern Miss at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

GAME FACTS
- USA loaded the bases with one out in the top of the second inning. Carter Perkins led off the frame with a single to right field, and Santi Montiel followed with a double to right field. Colton Thomas then reached on a hit by pitch to load the bases for Dakota Dailey, who delivered an RBI sacrifice fly to right field to score Perkins with the game's first run. 
- The Cajuns tied the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the third on a one-out solo home run by Todd Lott.
- Louisiana took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth on back-to-back solo home runs by Orynn Veillon and Kole McKinnon.
- UL pushed across the game's final run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a two-out RBI single up the middle by Lott.

NOTES
- Wells Davis extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to five games with a two-out single in the top of the first inning.
- Ethan Wilson extended his on-base streak to seven games with an intentional walk in the second inning.
- Kaleb DeLaTorre extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to seven games with a one-out double in the third inning.
- Jaguar left-hander Jared Proctor (0-4) tied his season high in strikeouts with five, and allowed three runs on five hits while issuing a pair of walks in four innings pitched in the loss.
- UL right-hander Jack Burk (1-0) allowed one run on five hits with seven strikeouts against one walk in six innings pitched to earn the win.
- DeLaTorre, Perkins and Montiel recorded two hits apiece, while Dailey drove in the lone Jaguar run in the contest.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"Jared (Proctor) threw 80 pitches, went four innings and gave up three earned runs, but I thought he did well; he competed. We didn't execute a rundown for him early, which probably cost him another 15 pitches. But I thought Jared threw some good changeups and breaking balls. All you can ask is the starting pitcher to go out, give you a chance and keep you in the ballgame, and that's what he did. And so did Tyler Perez. Their (UL) guy (Jack Burk) did a good job pitching, and we were a little passive in some situations on some pitches. We just didn't do enough offensively today. We pitched well enough to win, but we didn't have enough offense today."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Tue., April 16, when it hosts Southern Miss at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

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