Fans roared on Sunday as sophomore outfielder Chad Jones picked up his first collegiate pitching appearance.And senior infielder Buzzy Haydel  matched the feat Wednesday with his own pitching debut.  Jones tallied another first of his own with his first time at bat since returning to the baseball team following spring football.And LSU coach Paul Mainieri blazed his own trail, coaching third base for the first time this season with hitting coach Javi Sanchez out recruiting.But on a night of many firsts at Alex Box Stadium, it was two of LSU’s most steady players that carried the Tigers to their sixth straight win.Thanks to a combined 7-for-8 performance with four combined home runs and six RBI from junior left fielder Ryan Schimpf and junior designated hitter Blake Dean, the Tigers pounded Tulane, 13-2, on Wednesday night.”Those kids have something special about them,” Mainieri said. “Not only do they have the talent, but their attitude, self confidence and approach to the game are so exemplary.”The game was called after the top of the seventh inning, and the 10-run rule was implemented.Both coaching staffs met and decided it was best to save their pitchers for the weekend with LSU holding a large lead.The game was just 3-2 in the fifth inning when Schimpf and Dean sparked a 10-run LSU rally. The duo combined to hit back-to-back home runs twice in the inning, pushing the game out of reach.Dean now has 37 career home runs, moving him into 10th place on the all-time LSU home run list.But the LSU junior said he just hopes to catch Schimpf for the team lead in home runs before the year ends.”I think that first homer might have been the farthest I’ve hit since I’ve been at LSU,” Dean said.Haydel took the mound in the following half-inning and didn’t allow a run.Haydel has been a utility player his entire career at LSU and played first base after being substituted off the mound in the seventh inning.   The Gonzales native said he hadn’t pitched in a game since American Legend baseball his senior year of high school.”Coach told me that I had the next inning,” Haydel said. “So I guess the guys got scared and felt like they had to put up 10 runs to make sure we had enough runs.”Mainieri said Haydel and Jones’ additions to the pitching staff will prove vital later in the season.”Quite frankly, I was pretty impressed,” Mainieri said. “He pumped a lot of strikes, and he had a nice little curveball and changeup.”The Tigers jumped out of the gates quick and scored three first-inning runs off Tulane junior  starter Aaron Loup.Dean started the rally with an RBI single. The next batter, sophomore second baseman DJ LeMahieu, laced a line-drive off Loup’s thigh that pushed runners to first and third base with just one out.Junior first baseman Sean Ochinko cleared the bases off an ailing Loup and laced a two-RBI double to give LSU a 3-0 lead.But the Green Wave struck back for runs in the second and third innings to push the game to 3-2.LSU freshman Chris Matulis relieved sophomore starter Ben Alsup in the third inning and earned the win after pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings.Alsup pitched 2 1/3 innings in his third start of the season and allowed one run and four hits.But Loup also settled in after his first inning struggles and pitched scoreless second, third and fourth innings before the fifth-inning outburst.—-Contact Casey Gisclair at [email protected]