BATON ROUGE, La. – Junior right-hander Austin Sexton stood tallest in a dynamic Southeastern Conference pitcher’s duel Saturday night.
Sexton (4-2) pitched 7.1 innings of five-hit baseball and the bullpen took it from there as No. 11 Mississippi State knocked off No. 7 LSU 2-1 at Alex Box Stadium.
With the win, MSU clinched its first conference series win at LSU since 2006. The Bulldogs have now won five of their first six conference series this year. MSU improved to 27-12-1 overall and 10-7 in league play, while LSU fell to 26-13 and 9-8.