BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — Southern outlasted Alabama A&M 15-13 Saturday in a Southwestern Athletic Conference slugfest at Alex Box Stadium. The Jaguars, now 24-21, rallied from multiple deficits behind Ryan Hunter, who went 3 for 5 with a home run and four RBIs. Jacoby Radcliffe added a homer and four RBIs, going 2 for 3.

The Bulldogs, who fell to 7-44, took an early lead in the second inning when Charles Morris doubled in two runs and later scored on a double by Bryce Hammonds. Tervell Johnson homered in the eighth to tie the game at 13, and Morris singled in another run to give Alabama A&M a 14-13 edge.

Southern answered in the bottom of the eighth. Kenyon Hughes laid down a sacrifice bunt that scored Radcliffe, and Damien Johnson followed with a sacrifice fly for a 15-13 lead. Southern reliever Daniel McIntosh worked three scoreless innings with four hits allowed to earn the win. Alabama A&M’s Bryce Dolce pitched two hitless innings with four strikeouts in a losing effort.