BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — The New Orleans Privateers erupted for 10 runs in the second inning Wednesday and cruised to a 14-5 road victory over the Southern Jaguars at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field.

The Privateers, who finished with 11 hits, broke the game open early. Miles Curley drove in four runs, while Kruise Newman and Owen Smith each hit a home run. Newman’s two-run shot came in the fourth and Smith added a three-run homer in the eighth.

Xavier Bradley homered for Southern, which managed eight hits. The Jaguars fell to 0-4. New Orleans improved to 1-3. The teams meet again next Wednesday in New Orleans.