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GEORGETOWN, Texas -- Southwestern starting pitcher Chris Churchwell held Millsaps scoreless for the opening six innings before being chased in the eighth and the Majors rallied for seven unanswered runs over the final two innings to earn a three-game series sweep on the road with an 8-3 Sunday victory at Rockwell Field.

"Anytime you sweep somebody, especially on the road against a conference team, it's special," 21st-year head coach Jim Page said.  "Several guys picked up key hits against a great Southwestern pitching staff, and we hung in there and scored some runs late for the win.  It was a solid team effort."

Southwestern (6-8, 0-3 SCAC) scored the game's opening run in its half of the second, using a two-out RBI-single from Matthew Clark that scored Ricky Gomez after a leadoff walk.  The Pirates added two more runs in the fifth off an RBI-single from Kyle Belski and a Millsaps error to stretch their lead to 3-0.

Sophomore \#Boomer Hudson\# came on in relief of starter \#Ryan Zemke\# with one out in the sixth and would shut the Pirates down the final 3.2 innings.

Millsaps (11-1, 4-1) finally found the scoreboard in the seventh after \#Billy Murphy\# reached on a leadoff error, stole second and then was brought home off an RBI-double from \#Tyler Berry\# -- one of a career-high four RBIs on the afternoon.

SU's Churchwell was pulled to start the eighth after giving up back-to-back singles to \#Russ Boyd\# and \#Hunter Owen\#, making way for sophomore reliever Alan Lowry.  A sac fly from \#Will Hawkins\# brought the score to 3-2, and after a Murphy fly out to right, Berry delivered a two-out, two-RBI single to give the Majors their first lead of the contest at 4-3.

Millsaps would tack on four insurance runs in the ninth behind a two-RBI single from Hawkins, a Murphy sac fly and a Berry RBI-double down the leftfield line for the final 8-3 advantage.  

After walking the leadoff batter in the ninth, Hudson retired the final three batters he faced by way of a strikeout and two fly outs to conserve his third win of the season and the Majors' sixth-straight on the road to start the year.

Behind Berry's 3-for-5 afternoon, Boyd was also 3-for-5 with two runs scored in addition to a 2-for-4 outing from Hawkins.  \#Josh Ordeneaux\# and \#Hayes Brian\# also grabbed a hit in the win.  Michael Murphy led the Pirates with a 3-for-5 afternoon.

Millsaps will take the week off in preparations for the annual Rhodes College Classic next weekend in Memphis, taking on Emory University, LaGrange and the host Lynx.  All three games will be brought to you live on the internet courtesy of Millsaps athletics.

Game Notes:
• Millsaps is off to its best start since the 2002 season