Ole Miss had to settle for a series win instead of a sweep in its first Southeastern Conference series of the season.

Braden Kapteyn hit two home runs and finished 3-for-5 with six RBIs as Kentucky hammered Ole Miss 12-3 in the final game of the weekend series.

Chris Bisson was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three runs scored and Keenan Wiley homered for Kentucky (15-5, 1-2 SEC), which dropped the first two games of the series. The Wildcats scored three runs in the first inning, one in the third and three more in the fifth before blowing it open with a five-run sixth inning. Kapteyn’s second three-run homer of the day gave Kentucky a 12-1 lead in the sixth.

“We didn’t do well in any phase of the game today. We didn’t hit, pitch or field well,” Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said. “You have to credit Kentucky, though. They came out swinging today. I thought we had a shot after the first inning.”

Kevin Mort was 3-for-4 and Tim Ferguson had two hits for Ole Miss (15-5, 2-1).

USM vs. La. Tech, ppd.

Sunday’s series finale between Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech was postponed because of snow flurries and cold weather. There were no immediate plans to reschedule the game.

LSU 5, Arkansas 1

Solo homers by Mikie Mahtook and Trey Watkins, along with an outstanding performance by starting pitcher Chris Matulis propelled LSU (16-3, 2-1 SEC) to its sixth consecutive regular-season series victory over Arkansas (13-5, 1-2). LSU is 15-5 against the Razorbacks in that span.

Matulis (3-0) allowed one run on five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He had a career-high six strikeouts.

Florida 4, MSU 1

Florida’s Austin Maddox hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the Gators finished a weekend sweep of Mississippi State. In all three wins Florida (16-3, 3-0 SEC) scored at least three runs in an inning to take the lead, and all three times it was in the sixth inning or later.

The Bulldogs left 13 runners on base Sunday, including 10 after the sixth inning.