LAFAYETTE, La. (Interstat) — Blaze Rodriguez drove in the go-ahead run on a fielder’s choice in the eighth inning, lifting Louisiana-Lafayette to a 4-3 victory over South Alabama in Sun Belt Conference baseball Saturday at M.L. Tigue Moore Field.

The Ragin’ Cajuns, who improved to 14-5, rallied from an early three-run deficit. South Alabama’s Mathews hit a two-run homer in the first for a 3-0 lead. Louisiana-Lafayette chipped away, tying it in the sixth on Lewis’s sacrifice fly.

Rodriguez’s grounder in the eighth scored Brown for the decisive run. Andrew Herrmann earned the win in relief. South Alabama fell to 13-6 despite out-hitting the Cajuns 5-4 in the afternoon contest that concluded in the evening. The teams conclude the series Sunday.