Alex Bregman had three hits and drove home three runs to lead LSU to an 11-4 victory over Mississippi State in a Southeastern Conference game at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville on Friday night.

Mississippi State first inning - Jake Vickerson walked and went to third on Luke Reynolds' single. Vickerson scored when Wes Res grounded into a double play. MISSISSIPPI STATE 1, LSU 0

LSU third inning - Jared Foster and Jake Fraley singled. Mark Laird walked to load the bases. Foster scored when Bregman forced Laird at second base on a ground ball to the shortstop. After Bregman was thrown out trying to steal second by Cody Walker, Fraley scored on Conner Hale's single. LSU 2, MISSISSIPPI STATE 1

LSU fourth inning - With one out, Foster walked. Fraley forced Foster at second base on a ground ball to the second baseman. After Laird singled, Fraley scored on Bregman's double. Laird scored on Hale's infield single. Bregman scored on Kade Scivicque's single. Hale scored on Andrew Stevenson's single. LSU 6, MISSISSIPPI STATE 1

Mississippi State fourth inning - Rea and Jacob Robson singled. Rea and Robson scored on Reid Humphreys' double. Humphreys moved to third on John Holland's ground out to the second baseman Foster. Humphreys scored on Ryan Gridley's ground out to first baseman Chris Chinea. LSU 6, MISSISSIPPI STATE 4

LSU sixth inning - Laird singled and Bregman walked. Laird advanced to third on Levi Mintz's wild pitch. Laird scored on Hale's ground out to the third baseman. LSU 7 MISSISSIPPI STATE 4

LSU ninth inning - With one out, Beau Jordan walked and Chinea singled. Beau Jordan scored on Chris Sciambra's double. Chinea scored on Foster's infield single. Sciambra scored and Foster went to second on Daniel Brown's wild pitch. Fraley walked and Laird struck out. Foster scored on Bregman's single. LSU 11, MISSISSIPPI STATE 4

First inning - With two out, Bregman doubled. Hale grounded out to the shortstop.

Second inning - With one out, Stevenson doubled. Chinea struck out and Sciambra lined out to the second baseman.

Eighth inning - With one out, Laird walked. After Bregman struck out, Laird stole second base. Hale struck out.

Bregman extended his hitting streak to 12 games as he had his seventh three-hit game of the year. Bregman doubled home a run in the fourth and singled in a run in the ninth. His third RBI came on a force play in the third. Bregman's third hit was a first-inning double. Bregman's two doubles gave him 52 for his career. Bregman moved into a tie with Clay Harris and Mason Katz for ninth place on LSU's all-time doubles' list. Bregman, who went 3-for-5 on Friday, is 16-for-46 during his 12-game hitting streak.

Alex Lange had one bad inning as he picked up his team-leading eighth victory of the season. Lange gave up three runs and three hits in the fourth inning. In his other five innings, Lange allowed one run and three hits. Lange walked two and struck out two. Mississippi State only stranded one runner in scoring position in Lange's six innings.

Sciambra was back in the starting lineup as the designated hitter. He went 1-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to seven games. . .LSU collected 17 hits off five Mississippi State pitchers. Six starters had two hits - Laird, Hale, Scivicque, Stevenson, Chinea and Foster. Every Tigers starter had at least one hit. . .Chinea now has an eight-game hitting streak. Fraley has hit safely in seven consecutive games. . .Stevenson, who has a five-game hitting streak, was removed after injuring a hamstring in the fourth inning. He was replaced by Beau Jordan. . .Bulldogs starting pitcher Preston Brown gave up two runs and six hits in 2.2 innings. Two relief pitchers - Vance Tatum and Dakota Hudson - gave up four runs each. . .LSU stranded 11 runners - seven in scoring position. The Tigers were 9-for-19 with runners in scoring position. . .Hunter Newman had another excellent outing out of the bullpen. He threw three scoreless innings in picking up his fourth save of the season. Newman walked two and struck out three. . .Reynolds, Robson and Humphreys each had two hits for Mississippi State. . .The Bulldogs stranded eight runners - four in scoring position. Mississippi State was 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position. . .LSU (40-7, 16-6) remained tied with Vanderbilt for first place in the overall SEC standings. The Commodores defeated Kentucky 13-3 on Friday night in Lexington. . .The Tigers have won nine straight SEC road games since losing their first one of the season at Arkansas. . .For the ninth straight season, LSU has won its series against Mississippi State. The Tigers have not lost a series in Starkville since 2003. . .Mississippi State (23-24, 7-16) has lost 12 of its last 14 games. The Bulldogs are last in the overall SEC standings. The bottom two teams in the standings do not qualify for the SEC tournament. . .The paid attendance was 8,293.

Coach Paul Mainieri's comments: "I'm really proud of our road record. Winning nine straight SEC games on the road is a tremendous accomplishment. Our team relishes the opportunity to play well in a road environment. I liked the way we swung the bats tonight. We had production throughout the lineup. Hopefully, we can keep the momentum going and finish the weekend in a positive way tomorrow."

LSU will go for a series sweep against Mississippi State at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. Central time. Austin Bain (1-2, 2.83 ERA) will be the starting pitcher for the Tigers. The LSU-Mississippi State game will be broadcast on ESPN2.