CONWAY, Ark. - The Millsaps baseball team fell 7-6 in extra innings today at Hendrix College.
The Warriors (10-10, 7-7 SCAC) jumped out early to have the \#24 Majors (15-8, 8-4 SCAC) trailing early. They had a leadoff double, the first of four hits in the inning, and ended with a triple before the inning ended with the Majors down 4-0.
Millsaps got one back in the second when Jake Mills took advantage of a Warrior's error at third after reaching on a walk in the two-spot. Hendrix got the run back to regain the four-run advantage in the fourth. The Majors tied the game with a four-run sixth.
Wes Perkins scored the first two runs with a double, platting Jake Mills and Stephen Gates. Jeremy Aliff was hit by the pitch to jam the bases after a Kevin Wall single. After the pitching change, Josh Ordeneaux became the second hit-batter in the inning, bringing in Wes Perkins from third. Jules Roussel, not to be outdone, was also hit to send in the fourth and final run of the inning.
With the game tied at five after six innings, the Majors took their first lead of the game in the seventh. Will Elmore led the inning with a walk and was brought home two batters later by a Wes Perkins' triple. Unfortunately, that would be the only run the Majors could score in the frame and the Warriors got it back in the eighth to retie the score at six.
After a scoreless ninth and tenth innings, the Majors got Will Hawkins to third, after he drew the walk, in the top of the eleventh with two outs. Jake Mills hit a shot to the second baseman that would have put the Majors up one, but the Warriors turned it, getting Perkins at second for the third and final out.
Hendrix scored the game-winning run in the home half of the inning after a leadoff double from Clark Sims. He scored three batters later with no outs and bases loaded in the inning to end the game 7-6.
Jake Mills took the loss in four innings of work. He allowed five hits and two runs with one walk and two strikouts in 20 batters-faced.
The Majors will return to the diamond this Tuesday as they travel over to Montgomery to take on the Huntingdon College Hawks in a non-conference matchup. First pitch is slated for 4:00 p.m.
