LSU baseball got back to its winning ways Wednesday night against Tulane at Alex Box Stadium.The No. 8 Tigers came into the night’s contest riding a two-game losing streak — their first in nearly a year — but showed no signs of the prior losses affecting them against the Green Wave.LSU (27-6, 8-4) held Tulane (21-13) to six hits while getting 16 of their own en route to a 10-4 win against the in-state rival.”No one thought we were going to have a three-game losing streak,” said LSU sophomore right fielder Mikie Mahtook. “We knew we were going to win this game. It was just something we had to do. We knew we had to do it and come out with a win, and we played really well tonight.”One of the main issues LSU faced in its back-to-back losses was a lack of timely hitting.LSU left a combined 20 runners on base in two losses on the road against Auburn, but the Tigers left only eight in the win against Tulane and went 11-for-15 with runners in scoring position.”You’re going to have your days where you come out and take care of those situations, and other days its just not going to come through for you,” said LSU junior center fielder Leon Landry. “What we want to do is do the best we can in those situations. Obviously, you’re not going to come up every single time. That’s just the way the game is going to go for you.”The Tigers got contributions from everyone in their starting lineup to achieve their success.Each player had at least one base hit, with five players having multi-hit games.”Baseball is a contagious game,” said LSU sophomore second baseman Tyler Hanover. “It always seems like when one guy gets a spark, it all seems to fall.”It was not smooth sailing for the Tigers from the beginning of Wednesday night’s contest as Tulane jumped to an early lead in the top of the first inning.Green Wave redshirt sophomore third baseman Rob Segedin belted a three-run home run over the left-field wall to give his team a 3-0 advantage against the Tigers.But LSU responded quickly.A solo home run by Mahtook and RBI singles from Landry and Hanover would even the score at 3-3.”I wasn’t thinking of hitting a home run,” Mahtook said. “It just kind of happened. I was just trying to get on base and start a rally.”The Green Wave took the lead for a second time in the third inning.Freshman left fielder Blake Crohan hit an RBI double to left-center field, which allowed a runner to score and give his team a 4-3 advantage.It would be the last time Tulane led.The Tigers scored seven runs during the course of the next 2 1/2 innings while holding the Green Wave hitless to take a 10-4 lead after five innings of play.Tulane would get two more hits throughout the next four innings but didn’t score any more runs.LSU freshman Chris Cotton earned the win.Cotton (2-0) went two innings in relief and allowed one run on two hits while striking out two and walking none.”The key to the game was Chris Cotton,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “He threw strikes and kind of took control of the game. He just did a wonderful job.”Tulane freshman Alex Byo (1-1) suffered the loss, allowing five runs on six hits in 2 2/3 innings.The Tigers will be in action again Friday night when they host Alabama for a three-game series.—-Contact Johanathan Brooks at [email protected].