DEMOREST, Ga. - The Millsaps baseball team got a 5-3 win over Adrian College on Saturday.

Millsaps (8-4) broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning Saturday afternoon to get the 5-3 win over the Bulldogs (1-1).

Both teams scored in the first inning with the Majors getting a leadoff home run from Drew Leonard.

Adrian took the lead in the third inning thanks to a leadoff triple by Cody Meyer. The Majors answered in the fourth as Will Hawkins got a ground-rule double to lead the inning followed by a single from Ryan Zemke. Drew Respess gave the Majors the one-run lead two batters later with a 2-RBI double, scoring both.

Adrian tied the game in the fifth off an RBI single from Joe Dubina. In the Majors' seventh Will Hawkins drove in Kevin Wall and Jeremy Aliff to put the Majors up for good. Aliff led the inning with a single and moved into scoring position after Drew Leonard was hit by a pitch. Kevin Wall reached on an error by the Bulldog shortstop and was moved into scoring position by a second error by the second baseman, setting up Hawkins' game-winning single.

The win was the Majors' only bright spot over the four-game weekend series. They scored just two runs in Saturday's second game with host Piedmont College allowing the Lions to take the 8-2 win, their second over Millsaps in two days. Adrian got the split on Sunday afternoon in a game that saw 24 runs scored. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs got 16 of those runs to win 16-8.

The Majors will return this week to take on Mississippi College in Clinton on Tuesday night before hosting Austin College for a three-game weekend series at Twenty Field. First pitch with the Choctaws is slated for 6:00 p.m.