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JACKSON -- Despite giving up just four hits the entire game, 10 Millsaps walks proved to be the difference as two Hendrix runs crossed the plate in the second inning without a hit and Matt Giza's RBI-single to right-center in the eighth was the go-ahead run for a 5-4 Warrior win.

In an annual series dominated by the Majors, Hendrix won for just the eighth time against Millsaps in 59 tries dating back to 1993 and just the fifth time ever in Jackson.

The Warriors improved to 3-3 and 1-0 in the league, while Millsaps fell to 6-1 and 0-1.

Millsaps starting pitcher Tait Hendrix struck out a season-high eight batters but surrendered a career-high nine walks in his 5.1 innings of work as the Warriors plated four total runs off free passes.

Hendrix took a pair of two-run leads in the second and sixth innings before Millsaps answered both times to tie the game.  Sophomore Will Hawkins' two-run homer to left off Jordan Suydam in the sixth tied it at 4-4 after the Warriors had taken a 4-2 lead in the top half of the inning.

After a scoreless seventh, a leadoff double from Eric Mathis was followed by Giza's RBI-single to right that was the eventual game-winning run for Hendrix.

Wheeler Gnat entered in the bottom half of the eighth for the Warriors in relief of Drew Gustafson and retired six of the seven batters he faced in two innings without surrendering a hit to earn his first save of the year.  Drew Maddox was tagged with his first loss of the year to fall to 2-1, scattering three hits and one run in 3.2 innings.

Millsaps Preseason All-American Hunter Owen raised his batting average to .381 with a 3-for-4 day, while Hawkins was 2-for-4 with a game-high three RBIs.  Four different Warriors recorded a hit in the win.

The Warriors and Majors will wrap up the first two games of their 5-game season series on Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.  Due to the final regular season basketball games, the game will not be broadcast online.