Box Score

JACKSON – The Millsaps College baseball team took advantage of two hit-batters in the tenth inning and Josh Ordeneaux drove in the game-winning run with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly as the Majors defeated visiting Piedmont College 6-5 in 10 innings Saturday afternoon at Twenty Field.

\#Jeremy Aliff\# scored the first run of the game for Millsaps in the bottom of the first inning after drawing a lead-off walk before \#Tyler Berry\# drove him home with a double.

The Majors (8-3) added another run in the second for a 2-0 lead when \#Wes Perkins\# scored on a wild pitch by Piedmont's starter Spencer Shelton.

The Lions (4-6) tied the score 2-2 in the third when John Duke singled home two runners off \#Jake Mills\#, who entered in relief of starter \#Aaron Williams\# who left the game after one inning.

Piedmont broke the tie in the fifth inning with two runs aided by a Millsaps error and a wild pitch.

Millsaps would answer in the bottom of the sixth inning when Mills doubled home two runners and Ordeneaux drove in another for a 5-4 advantage.

It did not take long for the Lions to tie the game 5-5 as Corey Lindsey singled and stole second and third before being brought home on a fielder's choice.

The teams played scoreless in the eighth and ninth innings to move into the top of the tenth inning where Millsaps reliever \#Boomer Hudson\# retired the side in order in his second inning of work.

In the bottom of the tenth, \#Drew Leonard\# got things started for the Majors when he was hit by a pitch before advancing to second on a single by Berry.

Piedmont's reliever Ed Cook hit the next batter Mills with a pitch to load the bases for Ordeneaux who hit a deep fly to center field allowing Leonard to score the winning run for the 6-5 Millsaps victory.

Hudson earns the victory for the Majors and improves to 2-0 on the season while Cook of the Lions takes the loss and falls to 0-1 on the year.

The Majors and Lions will do battle again Sunday afternoon at Twenty Field with the first pitch at 1 p.m.