• Official Stats

JACKSON -- In what was expected to be a pitcher's duel between two of the top hurlers in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Millsaps offense came alive and forced visiting Trinity to reach into its bullpen early as they pulled away with a convincing 14-4 win in seven innings to secure the West's No. 1 seed in the upcoming SCAC Tournament.

Millsaps moved to 31-5 overall and 14-4 in SCAC play, winning its 13th division title in school history and second in three years, while Trinity fell to 20-18 and 10-8 in the SCAC.

\#Hunter Owen\# and \#Will Hawkins\# each hit home runs as part of Millsaps' 15-hit attack, which included three triples, while a total of five Majors had multi-hit games.  Millsaps also stole six bases, led by \#Todd Barnthouse\# and \#Tony Malaschak\# with two apiece.

Kyle Felix and the Tigers struck first in their opening at-bat, with the sophomore designated hitter delivering a two-out, two-RBI double to put TU up early 2-0.

Owen's solo shot to left-center -- his 12th of the year and 40th of his career -- in the Majors' half of the first cut the lead in half before the Tigers plated a single run in the second off Kevin Jackson's sac fly for a 3-1 lead.

Millsaps drew even at 3-3 with two runs in the second, using Barnthouse's RBI-triple to score \#Josh Ordeneaux\#, followed by the freshman scoring off a wild pitch.

After a scoreless third, the Majors' offense exploded for five runs off four hits in the fourth and took the lead for good.  They would add three more the ensuing fifth and sixth innings, whereas Trinity managed just one, to earn the run-rule victory.

\#Aaron Williams\# (7-2, 3.57 ERA) became the second Major with seven wins this season after scattering seven hits, four runs and a pair of strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work, while TU's Evan Bronson (5-4) was tagged with the loss after surrendering 10 hits and 10 runs (four earned) in 4.0 innings.

The two teams will wrap up their five-game season series Saturday at Noon with weather permitting.  Millsaps leads the series 2-1 after Friday night's win.