Louisiana-Lafayette routs Southern 15‑5 behind Lewis, Smith
LOUISIANA, La. (Interstat) — Noah Lewis homered and drove in four runs, and Parker Smith struck out six over four scoreless innings as Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Southern 15-5 on Tuesday at M.L. Tigue Moore Field.
The Ragin’ Cajuns (25-18) exploded for seven runs in the seventh inning. Lewis hit a sacrifice fly in the third and later added a two-run single in the sixth. Drew Markle had two RBIs, Colt Brown homered and Lee Amedee drove in three runs. Caden Brown took the loss for Southern (18-21), allowing two earned runs in three innings.
Southern managed just one hit, a sixth-inning single by Kennedy Drexler, but scored five runs on walks and errors. The Jaguars had won three straight entering the game.
Louisiana-Lafayette collected 11 hits. Southern had one.