JACKSON -- The 2009 baseball season is hours away, as first pitch is set for 3 p.m. at Twenty Field against LaGrange College.  Friday's game, as well as almost every Millsaps game this season will be offered on the internet at www.atwsportscast.com with Derrel Palmer, the "Voice of the Majors."

Behind 10th year head coach Kevin Howard, LaGrange is playing its first game of the season also, ending 2008 as the Great South Athletic Conference runners-up with a 25-19 overall record.

Friday's contest is the 15th overall meeting between the two squads, with Millsaps leading the series by two games, 8-6.  The Majors defeated the Panthers last season in the inaugural Wilson/DeMarini Classic 18-9 and then swept a three-game set at LaGrange to finish the year 4-0 against their regional rivals.

Millsaps hosts LaGrange Friday, University of the Ozarks Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and Rhodes College on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.  They will then hit the road for two games at Piedmont on Monday and Tuesday before returning home Wednesday to play Huntingdon.  It's a stretch of six games in six days.