A pair of RBIs from sophomore infielder Jessica Mouse provided the difference for the No. 18 LSU softball team Wednesday night.Mouse’s RBI single in the sixth inning started a three-run rally against Southern Miss (18-17-1, 7-5), helping the Tigers (22-7, 8-3) to a 4-2 win in their first game in eight days.”Rust was one of the things I was worried about — it looked like we had some rust out there,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “The greatest thing about this team is they never give up. There’s no panic; they’ve accepted that anything is possible.”Mouse started the night’s scoring, though not in such exciting fashion. Southern Miss pitcher Courtney Ramous walked Mouse with the bases loaded in the second inning, giving LSU a 1-0 lead that held until the fifth inning.It seemed LSU was destined to surrender another late-game lead when Southern Miss right fielder  Megan Hill knocked a pitch from LSU freshman pitcher Brittany Mack over the left-field wall for a 2-1 lead.The home run, which Girouard called “her only bad pitch of the game,” was one of just four hits allowed by Mack (9-1), who pitched a complete game with six strikeouts.”Our starting pitching has been solid,” Girouard said. “I’ve seen glimpses of it, and [Mack] is going to be magnificent. She has all the tools — we just have to refine them.”Junior outfielders Kirsten Shortridge and Jazz Jackson finished what Mouse started to cap the Tigers’ rally. Shortridge lined a single to center field with runners on the corners to give LSU the lead, and Jackson scored Mouse with a base hit to finish the night’s scoring.Nearly half the Tigers’ hits came in their productive sixth inning. The lineup finished with 10 total hits but also stranded 10 runners.”We looked a little out of sync during practice and at times during the game,” Girouard said. “The important thing is we settled down and got the runs when we needed them.”The win was LSU’s first action since splitting a doubleheader with Ole Miss last Tuesday. The Tigers’ March 26 doubleheader with Mississippi Valley State was canceled because of damage done to Tiger Park by the severe weather that hit Baton Rouge last week.LSU returns to Southeastern Conference action Saturday against No. 13 Tennessee. The series will be LSU’s first home games since a doubleheader with No. 5 Alabama on March 18.”It feels like we haven’t had a game at Tiger Park in a year,” Girouard said.—-Contact David Helman at [email protected]