• Official Stats (Game 1)
• Official Stats (Game 2)
JACKSON -- Senior catcher \#Russ Boyd\# went 4-for-7 on the afternoon with the game-tying RBI in the nightcap and fellow senior \#Hunter Owen\# delivered his second walk-off homer of the season as 14th-ranked Millsaps swept a pair of games from Austin College on Saturday at Twenty Field for its ninth-straight victory overall.
Despite getting outhit 27-23 on the day, including a 15-11 advantage for the 'Roos in the opening game, Millsaps found a way to pull out two wins (13-9 and 7-5) to extend its SCAC West lead to two games over Hendrix College.
Millsaps (15-1, 6-1 SCAC) jumped out to a 9-0 lead in Game 1 through four innings, thanks in large part to a five-run first inning off three hits and an error. The Majors put the first five runners on base and scored them by way of an Owen RBI-single, \#Tyler Berry\# RBI-groundout and a \#Tait Hendrix\# two-RBI double to right-center.
Austin College (5-10, 2-7 SCAC) fought back with a four-run fifth to pull within 9-4 behind a two-RBI triple from Patrick Ray, RBI-groundout from Matt Finke and an RBI-double from Bennett Herrick, only to see Millsaps respond with a four-run inning of its own in the bottom half to go back up 13-4.
The 'Roos would add four more runs in the sixth and another in the seventh but that's as close as they'd get in a scheduled 7-inning contest in falling 13-9.
Ray and Drew McAdoo had three hits apiece to lead the AC offensive attack, while three others had multiple hits. For Millsaps, Hendrix, Owen, Boyd and \#Jeremy Aliff\# each had two hits. \#Aaron Williams\# moved to 3-0 after scattering four runs and five strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work, while Will Chermak fell to 1-3 after getting chased in the third.
In the nightcap, AC enjoyed a 4-1 lead after six innings thanks to solid pitching from sophomore Tyler Steed, a solo home run from Brian Buehler and a three-run shot from McAdoo before Millsaps came storming back over the final three innings.
After the 'Roos went up 5-1 behind a Jordan Robison RBI-single in the seventh, Millsaps responded with a single run in the bottom half and two in the eighth on \#Josh Ordeneaux\#'s first collegiate home run to cut it to 5-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth.
Finke relieved Steed for AC after eight solid innings, moving over from second base and trying to close it out for the 'Roos. However, he'd have to get through the meat of the Majors' lineup to do so.
Hendrix's leadoff single put the tying run on base for Millsaps, stealing second a batter later with one out. After falling behind 0-2 in the count, Boyd delivered the game-tying RBI a batter later to tie it at 5-5. Three pitches later, Owen's bomb to left sealed the Majors' sixth come-from-behind win of the year and second walk-off win.
\#Todd Barnthouse\# led Millsaps with a 3-for-4 game, including a solo home run in the fifth, while six other Majors recorded a hit. \#Shelby Robertson\# tossed the final 5.2 innings to earn his second win of the year, scattering four strikeouts, five hits and one run.
The teams will close out the opening three games of a five-game season series tomorrow with first pitch set for noon at Twenty Field. Live audio/video and stats will be available courtesy of Millsaps.
