CLINTON, Miss -- Millsaps' hurler Doug Garner shut down \#2 ranked and top seeded Carthage College for ten innings to lead the Majors to a thrilling 4-2 extra-frame victory in their opening game of the NCAA Division III Central Regional Baseball Tournament on Thursday at Mississippi College. Thursday's win was the fifth extra inning triumph for Millsaps this year.

Garner (9-3) scattered ten hits and allowed two earned runs as he tossed his seventh complete game of the season. Garner, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, struck out four hitters and walked just two as he out-dueled Carthage's Dusty Reid (8-1), who also threw a complete game in enduring the loss. Reid struck out nine batters and walked one.

With the game tied at 2-2, the Majors scored twice in the top of the tenth inning with Randall Vaughn scoring the go-ahead run after walking to lead off the inning. Bo Roberts knocked in Vaughan with a line-drive double to right field after K.K. Aldridge singled to move Vaughan to second. Aldridge would later score on a squeeze bunt by shortstop Matt Yglesias to count for the final 4-2 score.

The Majors' Ryan Skertich led both teams with three hits and an RBI. For Carthage Kyle Mallon, Patrick Brown, and Luke Martin all finished with two hits apiece.

\# 6 seeded Millsaps advances to play \# 3 seeded Wartburg College Friday at 11:00 am. Wartburg was a 10-4 loser to \# 4 seeded Emory earlier on Thursday. \# 1 seeded Carthage will play the loser of the \# 2 seeded Mississippi College / \# 5 seeded Fontbonne game tomorrow at 3:00 pm.