JACKSON - On a beautiful Tuesday evening at Twenty Field, the Millsaps College baseball team fell behind early and could not recover as cross-town rival Belhaven University walked away with a 14-7 victory in a matchup of Cowboy Maloney Trophy Series teams.

The Blazers got on the scoreboard quickly when Drew Dillard led the game with a home run that the wind carried over the fence in right center field.

Belhaven continued to pressure the Majors adding an RBI single before loading the bases forcing head coach Jim Page to turn to \#Zack Snider\# in relief of starter \#Blake Boleware\# who recorded just one out.

A sacrifice fly added another run as the Blazers opened a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning.

Taking advantage of two Millsaps errors in the second, Belhaven added another run to go ahead 4-0 but the Majors cut the lead in half with one swing of the bat by \#Tyler Berry\#.

\#Jake Mills\# opened the inning with a walk before Berry's fifth home run of the season put Millsaps on the board in the second inning behind 4-2.

Leading off the third inning with a walk, \#Jeremy Aliff\# stole second base and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher before scoring on a lackadaisical effort by the Belhaven fielders to bring the Majors to within one run behind 4-3.

The Blazers scored two more runs in fourth to go ahead 6-3 and had the chance for a big inning but left the bases loaded by grounding into a double play to end the threat.

Belhaven exploded for five runs in the sixth inning making Millsaps pay for two walks by reliever \#Andrew Pearce\# to start the inning.

An RBI double by Timmy Foster followed by a three-run home run off the bat of Brandon Benton helped the Blazers take a commanding 11-3 lead.

Starting pitcher Chris Bennett set down Millsaps in order in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings allowing a hit to Berry but immediately picked him off at first base.

Bennett earned the victory pitching six innings scattering two hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out seven.

The Majors quickly took advantage of Belhaven's bullpen in the seventh as Berry reached base for the third time after being hit by a pitch and \#Wes Perkins\# followed with a two-run blast to left field to cut the deficit to 11-5.

In the eighth, the Blazers added three runs, all coming off a home run by Craig Dean for a 14-5 advantage.

Coming down to the final inning, the Majors turned to the bench for a spark and a two-run double by \#Ryan Zemke\# brought home Berry and \#Drew Respess\#, who both reached base after being hit by a pitch, did just that but it was not enough as Belhaven cruised to the 14-7 victory.

With the loss, Millsaps falls to 16-7 overall and 0-3 in the Cowboy Maloney Series while the Blazers improve to 25-6 overall and 3-1 in the Maloney Series.

The Majors will hit the road for a weekend series in Sherman, Texas as they take on Austin College beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m.