Box Score
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Hitting the road for a non-conference match-up with Huntingdon College, the Millsaps baseball team held a 2-1 lead late in the game before the Hawks tied the score in the seventh and hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth to claim the victory, 6-2.
The Majors (7-3) have lost consecutive games in back-to-back nights and lost to Huntingdon for the first time since 1981.
The Hawks have won their last five games and six of their last seven to improve to 6-3 on the season.
Huntingdon scored the game's first run of starting pitcher \#Blake Boleware\# in the third with an RBI single from Josh Bennefield for a 1-0 advantage.
Boleware pitched a tremendous game throwing six innings allowing just the one run on three hits with five strike outs but earned a no-decision.
Millsaps tied the score and took a 2-1 lead in the top of the seventh inning when back-to-back two-out singles from \#Josh Ordeneaux\# and \#Jules Roussel\# scored \#Will Hawkins\# and \#Jake Mills\#.
Coach Jim Page handed the ball over to reliever \#Elliot Varney\# for the bottom of the seventh but the Majors were plagued by their third error of the game as the Hawks scored the tying run after the third out should have been recorded.
With the scored tied 2-2, Ryan Harrison took the hill for Huntingdon and put Millsaps down in order in the eighth.
After the first two runners reached base in the bottom of the eighth, Page turned to \#Wes Perkins\# who walked the first batter he faced to load the bases for Chad Green.
Green hit a grand slam to left field off Perkins to give the Hawks a 6-2 lead.
Sam Griffin pitched a gem for Huntingdon throwing seven innings and giving up two runs on six hits but it was Harrison in relief that recorded the victory.
Varney took the loss for the Majors who were led offensively by \#Jeremy Aliff\# and Ordeneaux who both finished 2-for-4.
Chris Knight led the Hawks going 3-for-3 with one RBI in addition to Green's four RBIs on 1-for-3 hitting.
Millsaps will return home to Twenty Field for a weekend series with Piedmont College starting Saturday at 1 p.m.
