Heath Hood's leadoff home run in the top of the fourth inning ignited a 12-run explosion over the middle innings and helped the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Baseball team to a 16-6 run-rule, victory over Rice on Wednesday at Reckling Park.

Bobby Lada and Kyle DeBarge led an 18-hit attack with three hits each as Louisiana (30-17) scored five runs in the fourth inning, three in the fifth and four in the sixth to pull away from a 3-3 tie. Will Veillon drove in three runs with Hood, Lada and Max Marusak each recording a pair of RBI in leading Louisiana to its most runs in a game since a 19-8 win against ULM in the 2019 regular-season finale.

Louisiana trailed 1-0 after an inning before Jonathan Brandon hit an RBI triple and scored on a wild pitch for a 2-1 lead in the second. Connor Kimple added an RBI in the third when he beat out a two-out, infield hit to score Tyler Robertson and extending Louisiana's lead to 3-1.