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JACKSON -- Belhaven senior right-hander Joe Patterson struck out 10 in 6.2 innings of work to earn his fifth win of the year, and on the eve of achieving its highest ranking in school history at No. 1 by D3baseball.com, Millsaps fell to the neighboring Blazers 11-3.

Out-hit 16-6 on the night, which included three Blazers with three hits apiece, the Majors struck out 12 times (second most this year) and could never get their offense going.

In improving to 32-15 on the year, Belhaven also denied Millsaps its first ever sweep in the Cowboy Maloney Trophy Series, with the Majors finishing 5-1 and the Blazers 3-3.  Mississippi College, the other annual competitor, finished 1-5.

Belhaven opened the game with a single run in the first inning for the early lead, using a two-out, RBI-single from Timmy Foster.  They would stretch the lead to 3-0 two innings later when Foster sent a two-run shot over the right centerfield wall.

The teams combined to strand 21 baserunners on the evening but none more important than the three Millsaps left on base in the seventh.  Facing a 4-1 deficit, the Majors pushed two runs across in the inning off a passed ball and a bases-loaded walk with two outs to bring it to 4-3 but left them loaded a batter later off a groundout.

From there, Belhaven added an insurance run in the eighth to make it 5-3 and then exploded for six runs off five hits in the ninth to complete the 11-3 victory -- its most lopsided win over the Majors since 1997.

Foster finished the night 2-for-3 with a game-high four RBIs for Belhaven, while Lake Eiland was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and a pair of stolen bases.  \#Hunter Owen\# and \#Tony Malaschak\# drove in the lone two RBIs for Millsaps, with Malaschak hitting a solo home run in the fifth.

Millsaps will wrap up the regular season this weekend, welcoming SCAC West rival Trinity University to town for the final three games of a five-game season series.  Friday's first pitch is set for 7 p.m., while Saturday's doubleheader will start at 1 p.m.