2013 · Baseball · Game
The win that put State in the national championship series
Kendall Graveman filled the strike zone, Hunter Renfroe changed the game with one swing and Mississippi State reached the College World Series final for the first time.
No. 3 seed Oregon State
TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, Nebraska
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the moment.
The official recap follows Graveman's start, Renfroe's three-run homer and the final outs that sent State to its first CWS championship series.
↗Open the Omaha clincherWhy it lives
Not just what happened.
Why it stayed with us.
The Bulldogs opened 3–0 in Omaha and beat Oregon State 4–1 to win their bracket. State finished 51–20 as the 2013 national runner-up, then the deepest baseball finish in school history.
Inside the record
The sequence.
Bradford opens the scoring
C.T. Bradford's fourth-inning single gave Mississippi State the first run of the game.
Renfroe changes the day
Hunter Renfroe drove a three-run homer into the left-field bullpen for a 4–0 lead.
The championship series awaits
Jonathan Holder recorded the final two outs and Mississippi State won its first CWS bracket.
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Core facts in this exhibit were checked against the official sources below on July 18, 2026.