CWS Highlights: Mississippi St. 5 – Oregon St. 4

OMAHA, NE – Mississippi State is into the winners’ bracket at the 2013 Men’s College World Series – but just barely.

Hunter Renfroe hauled in Danny Hayes’ drive at the wall with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Bulldogs held on for a 5-4 victory over Oregon State.

Wes Rea’s two-run double in the 8th inning gave Mississippi State a 5-4 lead in a back-and-forth affair. The Beavers scored twice in the first to take a 2-0 lead, then watched as the Bulldogs answered with three runs in the top of the 2nd.

Kevin Keyes’ tied the game at 3-3 with a fourth inning triple, and Oregon State took a 4-3 lead with a fifth inning RBI groundout.

Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called the action.

(Michael Conforto opens the scoring for Oregon State with an RBI double)

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(Danny Hayes makes it 2-0 Beavers moments later)

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(Mississippi State takes a 3-2 lead on a single by Demarcus Henderson)

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(Wes Rea’s two-run double puts the Bulldogs up 5-4)

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(Hunter Renfroe hauls in a blast off the bat of Danny Hayes and Mississippi State wins the game)

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