♦ Official Stats

JACKSON -- Freshman \#Todd Barnthouse\# pumped in his fourth consecutive multi-hit game with a 3-for-4 afternoon and a pair of RBIs and senior teammate \#Hunter Owen\# launched his conference-leading 11th home run of the year as Millsaps knocked off visiting Emory Friday afternoon at Twenty Field, 6-3.

Owen's two-run shot to leftfield in the first put Millsaps ahead 2-0, as they added single runs in the second and fourth to take a comfortable, 4-0 lead after four.

Emory (20-12) clawed back to within 4-2 with single runs in the fifth and sixth, taking advantage of a pair of Millsaps mistakes to plate David Hissey for its first run, followed by a Jeremy Bolian RBI-single.

Millsaps (29-4) threatened to add to its lead by loading the bases in the sixth off Emory starter Matthew Katten, after a single from \#Will Hawkins\# and back-to-back walks, but reliever Will Hanlon got the final two batters to go down on strikes to end the inning.

The Majors loaded the bases for a second straight inning in the seventh, this time pushing one run across the plate off an RBI-walk issued to \#Josh Ordeneaux\#.  A two-out, RBI-bunt single from \#Hayes Brian\# in the eighth added an insurance run to make it 6-2.

Emory would threaten one last time in the ninth, as Kevin O'Connor led off with a single and advanced to third when David Hissey reached on an error.  With one out and runners at second and third after an infield popup, Dan Molnar delivered a sac fly to pull the Eagles to within a 6-3 score before a strikeout wrapped up the win for Millsaps.

Barnthouse paced the Majors' 10-hit attack with his third three-hit game in four tries, while Brian and Hawkins added two hits apiece.  Emory was led by Andrew Cohn with three hits in addition to two from O'Connor. 

\#Aaron Williams\# scattered seven hits, two runs (one earned) and a pair of strikeouts in his six innings of work for Millsaps to move to 6-2, while \#Boomer Hudson\# recorded his first save of the year in throwing the final three innings and allowing just one hit.  Katten (5-1) took his first loss of the season for Emory despite a solid day on the hill.

The teams will wrap up their season series tomorrow at Twenty Field, with first pitch moved back to a Noon start.  Live video and live stats will be available.

Game Notes:
• Millsaps moved to 16-0 in non-conference action
• Hudson lowered his ERA to a 0.93 in grabbing his first save
• Emory's Molnar set a new single-season school record with his 37th walk
• Emory stranded the bases loaded twice en route to 12 LOB on the day