• Official Stats

JACKSON -- Sophomore \#Boomer Hudson\# struck out a career-high five in a career-high 6.0 innings of work and fellow sophomore \#John Marshall Pemberton\# escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to record his first collegiate save as Millsaps wrapped up its fourth Maloney Trophy Series victory on Tuesday night with a 10-7 win at Belhaven.

With the win, 2nd-ranked Millsaps became the fastest team in Division III to 25 wins, moving to 25-3 overall while Belhaven dropped to 26-12.

Things started off shaky for the Majors and starter \#Ryan Zemke\#, who was rocked for four hits and four runs in the first, failing to get an out before giving way to Hudson who tossed a gem of a game on the hill.

Down 4-0, Millsaps scored five times in the fourth, fueled by a 400-foot bomb from senior \#Russ Boyd\# to left-center for two runs. Belhaven retook the lead with two runs in the sixth before Millsaps, keyed by \#Tony Malaschak\#'s two-run double, rallied for five in the seventh to retake the lead for good.

Pemberton, who pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth, gave up ninth-inning singles to Austin Fagan and Craig Dean and a two-out walk to Brian McCormick to load the bases.  He then walked Shawn Diehl to force in a run before getting Chanse Cooper to ground out to second, ending the game.

\#Todd Barnthouse\# and \#Hayes Brian\# also collected two RBIs for Millsaps behind Boyd and Malaschak, while four total Majors recorded multi-hit games.

Belhaven outhit Millsaps 13-12 on the night, with Cooper and Lake Eiland getting three apiece. Craig Westcott also belted a two-run, opposite field homer in the first.

The Majors improved to 15-1 when scoring 10 runs or more and earned their eighth come-from-behind win this season in claiming the 2009 Maloney Series Trophy.  They return to Twenty Field this weekend, hosting Southwestern University (14-15, 7-5 SCAC) on Saturday and Sunday for the final two games of a five-game season series.