Jason Barber has been money for Oxford (Miss.) all season long.

And it showed on Tuesday night.

Barber tossed a two-hitter to lift the Chargers past Germantown (Madison), 5-0, to take Game 1 in the third round of the MHSAA Class 5A baseball playoffs.

How good has Barber been? He is 9-0 with a 0.00 ERA. Yes, no earned runs in 57 innings.

The junior Ole Miss comitt has allowed only one unearned run for the season in his 10 appearances. In his one relief appearance, he picked up a save.

Overall, Barber has allowed 16 hits with 87 strikeouts and fewer than 10 walks.

“Every time I am on the mound, I try to beat my last performance,” said Barber, who has pitched two no-hitters this season. “We just had to do what we have done all year and come out and just play our brand of baseball and find ways to win a ballgame.”

The Chargers (30-0) and the Mavericks (25-4) will play Game 2 at Oxford on Thursday at 6 p.m.

“He has been dominant for us all year, and tonight he set the tone early,” said Oxford coach Chris Baughman. “His fastball was efficient and electric all night long and his off-speed was keeping them off-balance. He’s just dadgum good, and I am glad he plays for us.”

If the Chargers manage to finish the season undefeated, they would be the fourth team in MHSAA history to do so. The last team to do that was Sumrall in 2009, when it finished the season 36-0.

“We are not worried about finishing the season undefeated,” Baughman said. “All we are worried about is winning the next game we play and winning the last game of the season.”

Contributing: USA TODAY High School Sports