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Southern Miss breaks tie to beat back Houston

MSU crumbles against Vols

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

James Ewing's pinch-hit double in the sixth inning broke a 3-3 tie to give Southern Miss to a 4-3 victory over Houston on Saturday.

Tyler Conn picked up his nation-leading 15th save for the Golden Eagles (30-13, 8-6 Conference USA). Conn allowed only one hit and struck out two.

Southern Miss got only four hits in the game. The biggest one came on a three-run home run by Bo Davis in the second inning.

Jake Stewart tied the game at three with a two-run home run in the sixth inning for Houston (26-16, 8-6 C-USA).

Tennessee 12, Miss. State 9 - Josh Liles and Kentrail Davis each hit home runs and Cody Brown had three RBIs to lead Tennessee to a win over Mississippi State on Saturday.

Starter Bryan Morgado (5-2) pitched six innings giving up two earned runs and striking out eight to get the win for Tennessee (25-18, 11-9 Southeastern Conference).

Tyler Moore hit his eighth home run of the season for Mississippi State (17-26, 5-15 SEC).

Ricky Bowen (2-5) gave up seven earned runs while striking out two to take the loss for Mississippi State.

Arkansas 13, Ole Miss 11, 10 innings - Tim Smalling hit three home runs and had a career high six RBIs, but it was a RBI single by Ben Tschepikow in the top of the 10th inning that led Arkansas to a victory over Ole Miss.

The Razorbacks (25-18, 8-11 SEC) took an 8-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning, but a determined Ole Miss (28-16, 11-9 SEC) team chipped away at the Arkansas lead with four runs in the bottom of the fifth and two in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to force extra innings.

Gulf Coast splits with Co-Lin - The Gulf Coast Bulldogs (28-22, 10-6) split with the visiting Wolves, setting up a winner take all game on Monday at the Perkinston campus at 4 p.m. The winner of that game will advance to the State Junior College Tournament next week at Itawamba Community College.

Clint Dempster was tagged with the loss as MGCCC fell 3-0 in the opener.

Drew Granier (6-3) claimed the pitching victory and Craig MacKay earned the save in the nightcap as Gulf Coast won 8-3.

Bo Bell and Richard Atwood hit homers and led the Bulldogs with two hits.

Tulane 15, Memphis 3 - The Green Wave offense pounded out 18 hits - included a combined 11 by junior centerfielder Anthony Scelfo, junior designated hitter Andrew Rodgers and freshman third baseman Rob Segedin - as Tulane defeated Memphis at Nat Buring Stadium.

Miss. College 10, Mary Hardin-Baylor 1 - Mississippi College (24-17) advanced to the championship round of the American Southwest Conference Tournament with a win over Mary Hardin-Baylor (28-12) at rain-soaked Frierson Field on Saturday.