NEW ORLEANS (Interstat) — Luke Lycette pitched a complete-game five-hitter with eight strikeouts and no earned runs as New Orleans defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 9-2 in a Southland Conference game Thursday at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

The Privateers (22-30) piled up 13 hits, including home runs by Kruise Newman and Miles Curley. Newman went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and three RBIs. Curley was 2-for-5 with a two-run shot. Evan Rogers added four hits and an RBI.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (23-26) managed five hits. Jarrett Flaggert drove in two runs with a single in the fifth inning. Kade Budd pitched two scoreless innings in relief.

New Orleans built a 6-2 lead after two innings, scoring on a walk, a sacrifice fly, Rogers’ RBI single and Newman’s three-run blast. The Privateers added a run in the fifth on an error and two more in the eighth on Curley’s homer.

The teams continue their series Friday and Saturday.