BATON ROUGE - No. 18 LSU baseball defeated No. 7 Vanderbilt 10-6 at Alex Box Stadium Thursday night, breaking a four-game losing streak after the team got swept against Arkansas and lost to Southern.

The scoring began with a third inning Josh Pearson homer into right field, giving LSU a 1-0 lead that they never relinquished. By the end of the fourth inning, LSU was up 9-0.

Luke Holman started for LSU, recording 10 strikeouts in 5.2 innings. 

LSU's series against Vanderbilt continues 7 p.m. Friday.