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Just some eye-opening numbers from the college season: Mississippi State, off to a 6-1 start (every game in Starkville), has a staff ERA of 1.88. … Southern Miss, 4-3 after taking two of three from Troy this weekend, has a staff ERA of 1.65. … Golden Eagles freshman Mason Robbins, Mr. Baseball last season at George County, is hitting .417. … Alex Yarbrough is off to a .385 start for Ole Miss, 5-1 after a weekend sweep of UNC-Wilmington. … Delta State is 8-1 (the only defeat coming at the hands of NCAA Division II No. 1 Tampa on Saturday) and is averaging 11.3 runs per game. … Anthony Doss is hitting .413 with 19 runs and 15 RBIs for 14-5 Belhaven, which won two of three at Truett-McConnell in Southern States Athletic Conference play this weekend. … Slow-starting Mississippi College won two of three from Hardin-Simmons to reach 4-6; the Choctaws’ top four pitchers have ERAs under 2.50. … Will Edwards, an East Mississippi Community College transfer, is 2-1 with a 1.56 ERA for Millsaps, which is 8-2. … William Carey (7-7) has gotten 15 RBIs from Mitch Bohon, a junior from West Point. … Charles Epperson was 4-for-14 with six RBIs for Jackson State (3-4) in a four-game series at Morehead State; five of his RBIs came in the only game JSU won, a 16-0 romp on Saturday. … Jones County Junior College, ranked No. 2 in the NJCAA preseason poll, was swept in a doubleheader at home by Northeast CC on Saturday. The Bobcats are 6-4.