Missouri State’s Tim Clubb threw a complete-game shutout to lead the Bears to a 5-0 victory over Arkansas State Tuesday night at Tomlinson Stadium in Jonesboro, Ark.

The freshman righthander’s blanking of ASU was the first complete game and shutout by an MSU rookie since Brett Sinkbeil against Indiana State on May 1, 2004. Sinkbeil’s effort was in a seven-inning game. Clubb upped his record to 2-0 by allowing six hits, all singles, and striking out four without walking a batter. He threw just 88 pitches, and no ASU player reached as far as third base.

Missouri State’s first batter of the game came around to score and supply all the offense the team would need. Ben Woodbury walked, reached second on a wild pitch, stole third and scored when the third baseman dropped the catcher’s throw.

The Bears added a run in the second on doubles by Brayden Drake and Kyle Paul, and Woodbury scored again in the fifth on a Matt Lawson single that extended the second baseman’s hit streak to 11 games.

Paul capped his three-hit day with an RBI single in the eighth, and Ryan Mantle doubled home Lawson in the ninth for the Bears’ fifth and final run.

Missouri State improved to two games over .500 for the first time this season, moving to 10-8. The Indians dropped to 9-12.

The Bears face ASU at 4 p.m. Wednesday before opening Missouri Valley Conference play with UNI at home this weekend.