KENNESAW, Ga. (Interstat) — Sam Houston State outlasted Louisiana Tech 14-13 in a Conference USA game Wednesday evening at Fred Stillwell Stadium.

The Bearkats jumped ahead with two runs in the first inning, but the Bulldogs answered with Eli Berch’s three-run homer. Sam Houston added two more in the third, but Louisiana Tech’s Matt Houston and Wes Scott hit solo homers to tie it at 6-6. The Bulldogs scored five unearned runs in the fourth to take an 11-6 lead.

Sam Houston rallied with two in the sixth and five in the eighth, capped by Hunter Alvord’s three-run double, to go up 14-11. Scott hit his second homer of the game in the bottom of the eighth, a two-run shot, but the Bulldogs could not complete the comeback.

Jeric Curtis, Caleb Cotton and Ryan Franden led the Bearkats’ 12-hit attack. Scott and Berch paced Louisiana Tech’s 20-hit effort. Sam Houston improved to 25-32; Louisiana Tech fell to 33-24.