The Mobile BayBears rode a three-run second inning to a 4-1 victory over the Mississippi Braves at Trustmark Park on Tuesday.

Erik Cordier (9-7) took the loss, yielding eight hits and three runs, all earned, in five innings of work. After pitching out of a runners on second and third with no outs situation in the top of the first, Cordier faltered in the second.

Bryan Byrne doubled on a fly ball and Cordier hit Taylor Harbin to put two on. Ed Easley singled to load the bases. Jake Wald’s sacrifice fly scored Byrne. Evan Frey singled up the middle to score Harbin and Easley to give the BayBears a 3-0 lead.

The M-Braves replied in the fourth, as Eric Duncan led off the frame with a double. One batter later, Michael Daniel drew a one-out walk and Donell Linares cashed in, driving in Duncan with a single. But it’d be all the runs the M-Braves could manage

Wade Miley (4-1) earned the win for the BayBears, scattering four hits in five innings.