BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — Derek Curiel went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, leading LSU to a 12-4 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday night at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field.

Curiel homered in the fifth inning and doubled in the second, driving in the go-ahead run. Jack Ruckert added two hits and two RBIs, while Zac Cowan struck out seven over four innings of two-hit relief for the Tigers, who improved to 25-21.

The Lions jumped ahead 4-0 in the first on a sacrifice fly and took a 4-2 lead in the second on Alex Perry’s three-run homer. But LSU answered with four runs in the bottom of the second to take a 5-4 lead, keyed by Curiel’s RBI double. The Tigers pulled away with two runs in the sixth and five in the seventh, including Ruckert’s two-run double and a two-run sacrifice bunt.

Perry finished 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs for Southeastern Louisiana, which dropped to 27-18. LSU outhit the Lions 12-6.