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JACKSON – Jason Riggins continued his hot streak for the Millsaps College baseball team, connecting on two home runs Sunday afternoon, the second of which was a walk-off two-run blast in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Majors earned the series-sweep over visiting Southwestern University with an 11-1 run-rule victory.

Riggins has now hit five home runs in just 43 plate appearances on the season, four of which have come in the last four games.

Millsaps has now won seven of its last eight games and five straight with three of those wins coming in walk-off fashion.

The Pirates jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a solo home run by Nate Shipp off starter \#Wes Perkins\#.

The Majors answered right back in the bottom of the first as \#Tyler Berry\# drove home \#Will Hawkins\# with a double to the gap in right center to even the score 1-1.

Millsaps claimed a 2-1 lead in the third inning as \#Jules Roussel\# singled up the middle bringing home \#Drew Leonard\#.

A sacrifice fly by \#Trey Rountree\# in the fourth and a two-run home run by Riggins in the fifth gave the Majors a 5-1 advantage.

Perkins made history for Millsaps in the fourth inning becoming the 88th Major to be hit-by-pitch this season breaking last year's record of 87.

After allowing a home run in the first inning, Perkins settled into the game and pitched six solid innings without giving up another run while striking out eight Pirate hitters to earn the victory.

\#Boomer Hudson\# came in and pitched a perfect top of the seventh inning.

In the bottom half of the seventh inning, the Majors finished off the Pirates scoring six runs to sweep the weekend series with an 11-1 run-rule victory.

Two runners scored on wild pitches, one came on a sacrifice fly by Hawkins and \#Jake Mills\# hit an RBI double before Riggins ended the game with his second home run of the game.

Four Millsaps hitters finished the day with multiple hits as the team recorded 11 in the seven inning game.

With the three wins on the weekend, Millsaps clinched a spot in the conference playoffs but remains in second place in the SCAC West Division behind Trinity University, who it faces next weekend.

Now 23-11 overall and 12-5 in the SCAC, the Majors will be back in action Tuesday night when they take on rival Belhaven University, who has already won the Maloney Series trophy.