Skip To Main Content

Millsaps College Athletics

The official website of millsaps college athletics
Calendar

Millsaps Earns Two-Game Sweep at No. 27 Piedmont

• Official Stats
• Official Stats (PDF)

DEMOREST, Ga. -- Sophomore Jeremy Aliff belted his second collegiate home run and first of the season to finish the day 3-for-5 with a pair of RBIs and Boomer Hudson tossed 5.0 innings to close out his second victory of the year as the Majors completed a two-game sweep at Piedmont College in an 11-7 victory on Tuesday afternoon.

Out-hit for a fourth time in five games and having to rally from a three-run deficit for a third time, Millsaps trailed 3-0 through four innings before scoring 11 unanswered to take a commanding 11-3 lead in the ninth.  Aliff's solo home run in the seventh was the go-ahead run that made it 4-3 Majors.

Piedmont put together a ninth inning rally to make things interesting.  After being held without a hit through Hudson's first four innings of work, the Lions scored the leadoff batter Jared Moon after a single, stolen base and a throwing error.  The Lions then got within 11-5 after a Kyle Davis RBI-groundout and added their final runs off RBI-doubles from Zac Stein and Jared Vermilya before a flyout to end the game. 

The Majors' four runs in their half of the ninth -- all with two outs -- proved to be crucial, with Hayes Brian delivering a two-RBI single, followed by two runs scoring on a Piedmont error.

Millsaps moved to 5-0 to start a season for the second consecutive year, while Piedmont dropped to 1-3 and 0-2 at home in the early going.

Aliff tied a career-high with three hits to lead the Majors offensively, while Josh Ordeneaux was 2-for-2 with a pair of runs and Brian followed with a career-high three RBIs.  Piedmont had nine players with a hit, paced by Brandon Hitch who went 3-for-4.

The Majors close out a stretch of six games in six days tomorrow, hosting Huntingdon College (2-0) at 3 p.m. at Twenty Field.  With inclement weather in the forecast, the game is on schedule for now.

Print Friendly Version