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JACKSON -- Sophomore \#Boomer Hudson\# earned his second straight relief win in 6.0 innings of work and senior \#Hunter Owen\# launched an opposite-field, go-ahead home run in the bottom of the seventh as Millsaps bounced back from defeat with a 5-3 victory on Sunday to win the season series over Southwestern 4-1.
The teams exchanged single runs through the first five innings behind strong pitching performances from Hudson and SU's Wes Willis before the Majors found the game-winning runs in their half of the seventh behind Owen's SCAC-leading ninth home run and a throwing error from the Pirates.
Hudson relieved Millsaps starting pitcher \#Tait Hendrix\# to start the fourth and finished out the final six innings with a career-tying five strikeouts and just one run. Hendrix was in a groove on the hill before aggravating his lower back, striking out six and allowing two runs.
SU (15-16, 8-6 SCAC) scored in its opening at-bat for a brief lead, taking advantage of a throwing error with two outs and getting an RBI-double a batter later from Kyle Belski.
Millsaps (26-4, 13-4 SCAC) responded with a run in its half of the first to tie it at 1-1, putting the first four runners on base and using \#Will Hawkins\#' fielders' choice RBI. The Majors grabbed their first lead of the game in their ensuing at-bat, as \#Billy Murphy\# drove in \#Todd Barnthouse\# on an infield groundout after Barnthouse tripled to right-center.
Todd Boone's leadoff homer in the third -- his first of the year -- tied it at 2-2 for SU until a single run in the fifth off John Wooten's two-out, RBI-single stretched the lead to 3-2.
Hawkins' RBI-single in the fifth knotted it for a third time at 3-3, and after a scoreless sixth for both teams, Millsaps found the winning runs they needed in the seventh with two outs for the 5-3, bounce back victory.
Barnthouse and Hawkins led the Majors' offensive attack with three hits apiece on the afternoon, while both Owen and \#Jeremy Aliff\# each had two hits. For SU, Brent McMullen had two hits whereas six other Pirates picked up a hit.
Millsaps will continue a stretch of four games in four days tomorrow, traveling down I-20 for another Maloney Series matchup with rival MS College. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
