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Major Bats Come Alive in 21-7 Win over Southwestern

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GEORGETOWN, Texas -
Scoring its most runs since March 2008, the Millsaps College baseball team exploded offensively for 21 runs on 18 hits in just seven innings on the road at conference foe Southwestern University Sunday afternoon to come away with a 21-7 victory.

The Majors remain undefeated in the SCAC at 4-0 and improve to 7-1 overall while the Pirates fall to 3-9 overall and 0-2 in the SCAC.

Nine different players drove in at least one run for Millsaps who also received 17 free passes courtesy of 11 walks and six batters hit-by-pitch.

Junior \#Jeremy Aliff\# got things started for the Majors when he was hit by a pitch and scored the first run when \#Will Hawkins\# drove him home with a single to right field.

Millsaps would score two more in the top of the first inning and add three runs in the second to take an early 6-0 lead.

\#Jules Roussel\# highlighted a six-run third inning with a two-run home run, his third of the season as the Majors gained a comfortable 12-0 lead through three innings.

Southwestern would not go down without a fight scoring four runs of starter \#Aaron Williams\# in the bottom of the fourth and would get three more in the fifth inning to cut the deficit to 12-7.

That would be all the closer the Pirates would get as \#Shelby Robertson\# came in relief and allowed one hit in two innings.

The Majors went on to score seven runs in the top of the seventh inning as 14 batters made plate appearances and they finished the game by run ruling Southwestern, 21-7 in seven innings.

Williams improves to 3-0 on the season with the win while the Pirates' starter Matt Stuart took the loss and falls to 2-2 on the year.

Offensively, Hawkins and \#Drew Leonard\# finished a perfect 4-for-4 and 3-for-3, respectively while Roussel added three hits for the Majors.

The Majors will return to Jackson for a game against rival Belhaven University Tuesday night at Smith-Wills Stadium beginning at 4 p.m.
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