No. 21 Mississippi State completes sweep over 10th ranked Oregon

STARKVILLE-- No. 21 Mississippi State completed a three-game series sweep of Pac-12 foe and 10th-ranked Oregon by taking a 5-2 victory Sunday at Dudy Noble Field.

The Bulldogs improved to 12-3-1 overall and 4-0 in a six-game homestand, leading up to the SEC opener Friday night in Nashville against No. 2 Vanderbilt.

Daniel Brown (2-0) threw seven innings of shutout baseball, allowing four hits with one walk and four strikeouts. Reid Humphreys retired the side in order in the ninth inning for his second save.

MSU scored single runs in first and fifth innings and blew the contest open with three runs in the sixth inning. It was a second straight game that the Bulldogs carried a shutout into the eighth inning.

In the first inning, Jacob Robson singled and later scored on an RBI-hit by Humphreys. In the fifth inning, Brent Rooker singled and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Humphreys.

Ryan Gridley walked to start the MSU sixth. Gridley took second and third on outs before scoring on a hit by Robson. The two-out hitting continued in the frame when Rooker smashed a two-run home run - his second of 2016. Rooker became the first Bulldog to reach 20 RBIs this season. MSU finished with nine hits Sunday and 33 hits for the series. Rooker had three hits, while Robson and Gridley had two hits apiece.

Ole Miss sweeps Grambling: No. 13 Ole Miss took both seven-inning games of a doubleheader against Grambling at Swayze Field. The Rebels (15-1) claimed game one, 7-3, before completing the series sweep with a 6-1 win in game two. With three wins over the Tigers (4-9) this weekend, Ole Miss has recorded three-game sweeps in three of its first four weekends of the season. The Rebels also increased their winning streak to 10 games.

Colby Bortles and Will Golsan tallied five hits apiece in the two seven-inning contests. The duo combined to go 10-for-14 with three doubles, five runs and five RBI. The Ole Miss bullpen was lights out once again as well, pitching 5.1 innings without allowing a run.

In game one, Chad Smith (2-1) earned his second win of the season, allowing three runs on seven hits in five innings of work. Late in the game with the tying run on base, Wyatt Short headed to the mound to save the game. Short's save in game one marks his fourth of the season and his 17th career saves. 17 saves places him at fifth on the all-time list.

At the plate, Bortles had a standout game going 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and his second home run of the season. Golsan and Tate Blackman added two hits, one run and one RBI apiece. Ryan Olenek also ripped the first home run of his Ole Miss career.

In game two, Bortles, Golsan and Errol Robinson each recorded three-hit games, and Woodman went had a 2-for-3 contest that included his team-leading third home run of the season. Brady Feigl (1-0) took over in the fourth inning and picked up his first career win by tossing 1.1 scoreless frames. Sophomore Will Stokes (2) pitched the final two innings to earn his second save of the year.

This story was originally published March 13, 2016 at 7:00 PM with the headline "No. 21 Mississippi State completes sweep over 10th ranked Oregon ."