GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Millsaps baseball team took the series-opening double header from the Southwestern Pirates today, 13-3 and 5-4.

The Majors (7-0, 4-0 SCAC) took game one of the series with no problems. Millsaps scored eight runs over the first three innings to burry Southwestern (2-4, 0-2 SCAC) from the start.

Jake Mills got the ball rolling in the first with a three-run blast down the righ field line. It was the first of four home runs given up by the Pirate pitching staff in the game. Will Hawkins led the third inning with a solo shot to center, Jules Roussel went deep to right center in the fifth, and Jeremy Aliff had a two-run shot to left in the seventh.

Aliff, Mills, and Kevin Wall each posted three RBI a piece in game one as the Majors amassed 13 runs on 10 hits. The Pirates managed just three runs on six hits.

The Majors should have tried to save some of that offense for game two, however, as they needed extra innings to get their seventh win of the season. This time the game was more balanced. The Pirates got on the board first in the fist inning on a solo home run from Nate Shipp. Millsaps answered in the top half of the third with some crafty base running. Jeremy Aliff walked in the two spot and then stole second and third to get into scoring position on an infield grounder from Josh Ordeneaux to tie the game. Jake Mills drove in the go-ahead run two batters later, plating Jules Roussel, with a single to right.

The Pirates hung three unanswered runs in the fourth and fifth innings to give them a two run lead heading into the home stretch. A two-run homer from Johnny Gavrel put the Majors in danger of losing their first game of the season. Fortunately, the Majors were able to retie the game in the eighth thanks to a pair of doubles. Jules Roussel led the inning with a two-bagger to right center and scored two batters later thanks to a Jake Mills single. Mills crossed home two batters after that when Trey Rountree found the gap to left center to tie the game at four.

A scoreless ninth forced extra innings. The Pirates walked Will Hawkins in the lead off and then put him on second with a wild pitch. Mills got him to third on a grounder to the shortstop and Ryan Zemke got him home with a single to right. Jason Riggins held firm in the bottom half of the inning. He got Gavrel to pop out in foul territory for the first out, then got Gregory Thumm to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.

The Majors will have one more with the Pirates tomorrow afternoon to close out the three-game set. First pitch is slated for 1:00 p.m. at Rockwell Field.