JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps baseball team got its second win in as many days over the LaGrange College Panthers, 12-7 at Twenty Field.

LaGrange (16-9) got one in the top of the first, but the Majors responded with four in the home-half and did not trail again. Three singles from Jeremy Aliff, Jules Roussel, and Will Hawkins to lead off the inning allowed Millsaps to get the four in the frame, though they left three stranded.
The game continued smoothly into the seventh inning, the Majors up 8-2 thanks to one in the fourth from Kevin Wall, one in the fifth from Andrew Evans, and two in the sixth from Drew Leonard and Aliff.

But then, the Panthers bats woke up. They got three in the top of the seventh to cut the gap to 8-5 and got two more in the eighth, but the Majors answered again in the bottom of the seventh with four more that would put the game firmly out of reach.

Wes Perkins drew a walk in the leadoff spot and reached second thanks to a successful bunt from Kevin Wall. The bases were loaded two batters later as the Panther hurler hit Aliff with one away. Jules Roussel all but cleared the bags with a single coupled with an error by the center fielder that put him on third and scored all three runners. Roussel got more help before the end of the inning, scoring on a balk by Bobby Woodall.

The big performance by Roussel netted him 5 RBIs in the game to lead the Majors with three hits. Aaron Williams got his fourth win of the season in the start, going six innings and allowing five runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Will Elmore closed the seventh, eighth, and ninth with four hits, allowing two runs, also with four strikeouts.

The Majors will wrap this series with the Panthers tomorrow afternoon with a noon first pitch at Twenty Field.