JACKSON, Miss. – The soggy conditions at Millsaps Field did not dampen the Majors prospects today as they took the double header from Hendrix 4-3 and 4-1.
The Majors (8-16, 6-2 SCAC) got off to another fast start in game one, scoring three runs in their first two at-bats to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Emily Spicer got the Majors going in the first with a two-run shot over the center field fence that brought in Allyson Christian from first. Then, Allison Tarbox led the second with a double down the left field line that allowed her to score the Majors' third run off Caroline Thompson's single up the middle.
The Warriors (8-18, 0-8 SCAC) were not about to go down without a fight. They took advantage of two Millsaps errors and two hits to score two in the fourth inning. They tied the game at three in the top of the seventh with a two-out home run off the bat of Trace Grinnell.
Fortunately for the Majors, Grinnell did not have any runners to drive in with her home run, keeping the score tied and not giving the Warriors the lead. Sam Wursteisen came up second in the home half of the inning and got a line drive down the left field line to get on board. Caroline Thompson moved her to third with a single to right setting up Yglesias to drive in the winning run with a scorcher past the shortstop.
Game two saw the Warriors score first with a single run in the third, but their bats quieted down once Lindsay Drane found her rhythm. Drane got Hendrix out one-two-three in the fifth to set the table for the return of Amanda Berry.
Berry led off the Majors' fifth, batting for Catherine Henry, and reached on an error by the Warriors' shortstop. Henry came back in to run the paths for the still recovering Berry and made it to second thanks to a sac bunt from Drane and then she stole third. Caroline Thompson tied the game with a double down the line to bring Henry around and then she scored thanks to a single from Megan Yglesias.
Another three-up-three-down from Drane in the sixth set up two more insurance runs in the home half. Allison Tarbox got a home run to left center that also plated Katie Birdwell from first. The four runs would prove enough as Lindsay Drane got her third one-two-three inning in the top of the seventh to shut the Warriors out in the inning.
Lindsay Drane got her first win of the season with the seven-inning outing. She allowed four hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Molly Tyner got the win in game one, also going seven innings, giving up six hits and two walks with five strikeouts.
The Majors will take to the road this weekend to meet Rust College for a double header in Holly Springs on Saturday beginning at 2:00 p.m.
