JONESBORO, Ark. – Missouri State took both ends of a doubleheader at Arkansas State Saturday, winning by scores of 5-3 and 6-4 over the Red Wolves at Tomlinson Stadium.

Eight of the nine Bears (7-3) in the lineup had a hit in game one and all nine hit safely in the second contest as Missouri State piled up 12 extra-base hits and held ASU (6-5) to a .190 batting average in the two games.

The teams conclude the series at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Game 1 Recap – Missouri State won, 5-3
Missouri State got solo home runs from Mason Greer, Zack Stewart, Spencer Nivens and Taeg Gollert in a 5-3 victory.

Arkansas State scored twice in the bottom of the first and kept MSU off the board until Greer led off the fourth with a homer and Stewart sent the next pitch over the center field fence to even the score at 2-2 with the Bears' third set of back-to-back bombs this season.

Nivens took the first pitch of the fifth inning out to right for a 3-2 lead, the Red Wolves evened it up in the sixth, and Gollert's opposite field shot in the eighth made it 4-3.

Dylan Robertson followed with a double and scored an insurance run on a Nick Rodriguez single for the 5-3 final.

Brandt Thompson gave the Bears 6.1 innings in the start, and Scott Youngbrandt (1-2) tossed the final 2.2 scoreless frames with one hit allowed for the winning decision.

Game 2 Recap – Missouri State won, 6-4
Three Missouri State pitchers held ASU to five hits and all nine Bears in the starting lineup had at least one base knock with six going for extra bases.

Jake Eddington (1-0) yielded two hits and two runs in five innings for the win, while Trey Ziegenbein tossed 3.1 shutout frames to close out his first save of the season.

The Bears were off and running when Rodriguez led off the game with a double and scored from second on a Nivens sac fly into deep foul territory in left. Greer added a two-out double and scored on a Stewart single to quickly make it 2-0.

Nivens doubled and scored on a Cam Cratic single in the third for a 3-0 lead, and ASU closed to 3-2 in the bottom half with two walks and two hits.

Aside from the third inning, Eddington allowed only one runner to reach safely, and left with a 6-2 lead after Gollert added a two-run homer in the fourth and Robertson tacked on a run-scoring single in the top of the sixth.

The Red Wolves cut MSU's lead in half with the aid of two walks, three wild pitches and single in the sixth, and the score remained at 6-4 the rest of the way as the bullpens yielded little in the final three innings.