Mississippi State staged a dramatic late-inning rally to tie Sunday’s series finale against Arkansas.

Then the Razorbacks staged one to win it.

Arkansas scored five runs in the top of the 11th inning, after MSU had tied it in the bottom of the ninth, and beat the Bulldogs 8-5.

Jimmy Bosco went 2-for-6 with three RBIs for Arkansas (22-3, 5-1 Southeastern Conference), and Tim Carver had three hits. Sam Frost was 3-for-3 for Mississippi State (16-9, 2-4).

Arkansas won the last two games of the series after dropping Friday’s opener. It seemed to have Sunday’s game in hand, with a 3-2 lead and two outs in the top of the ninth. Adam Frazier and Sam Frost then singled, and Trey Porter followed with a grounder to short. Frost beat the throw to second, allowing Frazier to score the tying run.

“I think the shortstop thought the second baseman was going to cover the bag, and he wasn’t there,” Frost said. “Once he realized he wasn’t there, he tripped or stumbled. It was a lack of communication, and I beat it out.”

Mississippi State stranded the winning run at second base in the 10th inning, then Arkansas broke through in the 11th. The Razorbacks used three hits, including a two-run double by Jimmy Bosco and an RBI single by Jake Wise to score five runs and take an 8-3 lead.

Mississippi State rallied again in the bottom of the 11th, scoring twice on a bases-loaded walk to Hunter Renfroe and an RBI single by Nick Ammirati to pull within 8-5. The Bulldogs had the bases loaded with one out after Ammirati’s hit, but couldn’t complete another comeback. Wes Rea popped out and Demarcus Henderson lined out to center to end the game.

MSU left 14 runners on base and hit into a triple play in the fourth inning, but coach John Cohen said he still feels his team is on the right track. Five starters are out because of injuries, and Sunday’s starting pitcher Kendall Graveman played with a sinus infection.

“Kendall never would have said anything. But those are the kinds of kids we have in our program right now. If we didn’t, with the five guys we’ve lost, we’d be losing these games 10-0. But these kids are competing their tails off,” Cohen said. “They’re right on the brink of being very, very successful. That’s why, when everything starts going our way, this is a really good baseball team.”