LAFAYETTE, La. (Interstat) — Noah Lewis had two hits, including a home run, and drove in four runs Tuesday night as Louisiana-Lafayette routed Southern 15-5 at M. L. Tigue Moore Field.

The Ragin’ Cajuns improved to 25-18 while the Jaguars fell to 18-21. The game was largely decided in a six-run seventh inning that turned a three-run lead into a 10-run advantage.

Southern struck first, scoring five runs in the top of the first despite managing only one hit in the entire game. The Jaguars capitalized on two walks, a wild pitch and a pair of strikeouts that reached base, pushing across five runs on just two hits in the frame. Kameron Byrd doubled twice in the first inning alone, but the offense stalled afterward. Southern’s lone hit for the rest of the contest came in the fifth inning on a single by JR.

Louisiana-Lafayette answered immediately. Lewis led off the bottom of the first with a solo home run, his first of the season, cutting the deficit to 5-1. The Ragin’ Cajuns added another run in the third on a sacrifice fly by Lewis, scoring Drew Markle, who had walked and stolen two bases.

The Cajuns tied the game at 3-3 in the fourth. After a walk to Colt Brown and a groundout, Parker Spalitta singled to center field to drive in Brown. Southern took a brief 5-3 lead in the sixth inning, plating two runs on a single by Kennedy Drexler, a fielding error, a walk and a two-run single by Byrd, followed by a run-scoring double by Ayala. That accounted for Southern’s final runs.

Louisiana-Lafayette responded with a five-run bottom of the sixth, taking an 8-5 lead. Joe LaSalle doubled in a run, Drew Markle singled in another, Mark Collins singled in a run and Lewis capped the rally with a two-run single that saw him thrown out trying to stretch it into extra bases. The Cajuns sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning.

The game broke open in the seventh. Colt Brown led off with a solo home run, his third of the season. After a walk and a pair of stolen bases, Markle delivered an RBI single. Collins followed with an RBI single. Lee Amedee, who entered the game as a pinch runner in the sixth and remained at first base, cleared the bases with a three-run double down the right-field line. Adam Galt capped the scoring with an RBI double, making it 15-5.

Louisiana-Lafayette starter Parker Smith earned the win, pitching four innings and allowing two hits with no earned runs and six strikeouts. Caden Brown took the loss for Southern, giving up two runs in three innings despite not allowing a hit. Garret Carter and Caleb Ellis combined for 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief for the Cajuns.

Lewis extended his recent hot streak. In his previous four games, he had six hits in 14 at-bats with two RBIs. He finished 2 for 2 with a walk and a sacrifice fly. Collins contributed two hits and two RBIs. Markle went 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Amedee had one hit and three RBIs in his lone at-bat. Colt Brown homered and drove in one.

For Southern, Byrd had the only two hits, both doubles, and two RBIs. Drexler added a single and an RBI. The Jaguars managed just one hit outside the first inning.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Southern 8, Louisiana-Lafayette 6, while the ELO system gave the Ragin’ Cajuns an 86.7 percent probability to win.