TROY, Ala. (Interstat) — Donovan LaSalle homered twice and drove in four runs to lead Louisiana-Lafayette past Texas State 12-6 on Saturday afternoon in the Sun Belt Baseball Championship.

The Ragin’ Cajuns struck first in the second inning when LaSalle launched a two-run homer. They added two more runs in the third on a single by Amedee and a double by Mark. Texas State answered with five runs across the second, third and fourth innings, capped by Clayton Namken’s RBI single.

Louisiana-Lafayette broke the game open in the eighth, scoring five runs on hits by Collins, Mandino, Spalitta and Brown. LaSalle added his second homer in the ninth. Namken homered for Texas State in the bottom half.

Parker Smith earned the win, tossing five innings with three strikeouts. Alec Beversdorf struck out four in four innings of relief for the Bobcats. LaSalle finished 2 for 4 with four RBIs. Maddox Mandino drove in two runs. Jackson Cotton had three RBIs for Texas State.

Louisiana-Lafayette improved to 37-22; Texas State fell to 36-23.