Millsaps College -- Millsaps' Stuart Phillips singled home Walker Thrash in the bottom of the 8th inning to give the Majors a 9-8 lead, and John Fox hurled a perfect ninth inning as the Majors wrapped up a conference win over rival Trinity University on Sunday. For the Majors, Phillips was 2 for 5 on the afternoon and drove in two runs, while Cody McCain continued his torrid hitting with 4 RBI in his 3 for 4 outing. For Trinity, Chris Ashmos blasted two solo homeruns to account for his two RBI and Travis Steele launched a 3-run round-tripper to lead the Tigers.
Fox worked 2 innings, allowing no hits and no runs while striking out 2 Tigers to earn his 4th win of the season for the Majors, while Trinity's Mike Frost gave up 2 runs and 4 hits in 1 and 2/3 innings as he suffered the loss. With the win, Millsaps improves to 12-2 overall and 7-1 in the SCAC. Trinity falls to 9-3 overall and 6-1 in the SCAC.
The Majors will host Hendrix College next weekend for a two game series beginning Saturday. Saturday's game is set for 1:00 p.m.
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1 2 3
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4 5 6
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7 8 9
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R H E
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Trinity
(9-3)
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3 2 0
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1 0 1
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1 0 0
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8 9 5
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Millsaps (12-2)
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3 1 0
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0 3 0
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0 2 x
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9 15 2
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Smith, Brown (6), Frost (7) and Mihalski
Lenhart, Kirkpatrick (7), Fox (8) and McCain
W- Fox (4-0) L- Frost (2-2)
2B - Millsaps: Aldridge, Lawson
Trnity: Armstrong (2)
3B - Trinity: Sharp
HR - Trinity: Ashmos (2), Steele
