PINEVILLE, La. - The LeTourneau YellowJacket baseball team returned to the diamond on Tuesday as they took on the Louisiana College Wildcats in non-conference action. Every Jackets got a hit on the evening as the Jackets pounded out 16 hits to blow by the Wildcats, 13-9 on the road.

LeTourneau (12-7) got things rolling early on as senior Rhett Bohannon leds things off with a single followed by another single by Bryce Griffin. Both men added stolen bases to make it second and third with nobody out. Junior Garrett Methvin flew out to center to score on followed by a two out, RBI single from junior Chris Bertram for a 2-0 lead.

After the Wildcats (11-10) went down with nothing in the first, senior Jay Lutz and junior Dustin Varnado started the second with back-to-back singles. After a double steal by the two, Bohannon came to the plate and plated another run on a sac fly for a 3-0 lead.

Louisiana College got one back in the third, but the Jackets exploded in the third, beginning with a single from Methvin. After a hit by pitch made it first and second with one out, freshman Dillon Yates doubled to score another run. After another out was recorded, Varnado singled to bring another run home and senior Brent Sellers tripled to right center to score two and increase the lead to 7-1.

The Wildcats then answered with five runs in the third to make it a one run ball game, but after two outs were recorded in the top of the fourth, sophomore Ryan Bertram got a rally started with a single to left. His brother, Chris, followed that up with a single and Yates singled home his second RBI. Lutz followed that up with a RBI single and another run cross the plate on a passed ball. Seller then drove home another run to put the Jackets back on top 11-6.

Louisiana College crept back into it again, scoring three in the fifth, but two more runs crossed the plate thanks to an error and sac fly by Sellers to go one top 13-9. Sophomore Ben Boles was terrific from there, closing out the Wildcats for the win.

Junior Jordan Price got the start and struggled slightly to bring in sophomore Caleb Pritchett, who got the win and improved to 1-1 on the year. Boles was impressive, pitching four complete innings and only allowing one hit while striking out three.

Sellers was big, going 2-for-4 with four RBIs while Yates added a 2-for-3 games with two RBIs and three runs scored. Lutz also scored three runs while driving in one while Varnado was a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate with a RBI and a run scored. Griffin and Varnado each stole two bases while Bohannon and Lutz added a steal as well.

The Jackets will look to carry that momentum into this weekend at home as they welcome in the Texas-Dallas Comets for American Southwest Conference play. They will start game one of a three game series on Friday with first pitch at 7 p.m. You can catch all the action wtih free live video via letuathletics.tv and brought to you by the Pack Network.