BATON ROUGE, La. — After taking the first game against No. 13 LSU on Friday, the No. 3 Mississippi State baseball team clinched a series win over the Tigers with a 3-0 win Saturday night at Alex Box Stadium.
With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 16-3 (2-0 SEC), while the Tigers fall to 15-5 (0-2 SEC).
MSU starting pitcher Will Bednar (1-0) earned the win after tossing five scoreless innings, surrendering three hits and one walk. He fanned seven batters.
Junior right-hander Preston Johnson struck out one batter and walked two batters in two innings of relief pitching before right-handed sophomore Landon Sims struck out two in two scoreless innings to earn his second save on the year.