LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri wanted clutch hitting earlier this season.Last weekend, he wanted consistent hitting.But on Tuesday, in LSU’s 16-5 win against Southeastern Louisiana, Mainieri got all of the above as nine LSU players recorded hits and seven players drove in a run to lead the Tigers to victory.Junior outfielder Blake Dean did his part to snap out of an early-season slump in the opening inning and hit an RBI single to center field to score sophomore shortstop DJ LeMahieu.Dean was just 1-for-10 in LSU’s weekend series against Illinois.Southeastern Louisiana’s powerful offense fired back in the bottom half of the inning on a single by Josh Cryer that plated two runs. One of the two runs occurred because LSU sophomore outfielder Leon Landry made an error throwing the ball back into the infield, allowing another runner to score.After scoreless second and third innings, LSU broke through and took advantage of errors and walks by Southeastern in the fourth inning and scored six runs to take a 7-2 lead.The Lions walked five hitters in the inning, allowing LSU to have a large inning despite only recording two hits.The insurance runs were all LSU freshman pitcher Chris Matulis needed as he shook off early troubles and pitched scoreless innings from the second to fourth innings before allowing another run in the fifth inning.Matulis earned his third-straight win to start the season and pitched six innings against the Lions.LSU put the game out of reach in the fifth inning and scored two more runs capped by an RBI single by senior infielder Derek Helenihi to push the lead to seven runs.Landry added his eighth home run of the season in the sixth inning. Junior first baseman Sean Ochinko also continued his dominant start to the season in the inning and hit a two-run home run — his fifth home run in the past six games. Junior outfielder Jared Mitchell also hit a solo home run in the LSU rally.Sophomore Daniel Bradshaw pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the Tigers. Mainieri said Bradshaw would work in the bullpen after being ineffective as a starter.LSU hopes to build on its momentum tomorrow night against Louisiana-Lafayette in Alex Box Stadium.The Ragin Cajuns are just 5-7-1 on the season, but five of the Cajuns’ losses have come by two runs or less.—-Contact Casey Gisclair at [email protected]