JACKSON, Miss – The Millsaps softball team closed out the home schedule today, splitting two games with Mississippi College.
The Majors (14-20) never trailed in game one, though the Choctaws (24-8) tied the game multiple times. Millsaps got on the board in the first inning thanks to a double to right from Megan Yglesias that scored Sam Wursteisen all the way from first.
MC tied the game in the top of the second on three hits, but they also stranded three on the paths to prevent the Majors from falling behind. Emily Spicer regained the lead for the purple and white in the third with a double to left that plated Caroline Thompson to put Millsaps back on top 2-1.
Both teams scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, including a leadoff homerun from Jade Hewitt in the fifth to put the score at 4-3 Majors going into the final inning. The Choctaws managed to retie the game for the fourth time with a two-out RBI double to left that tied the game at four.
The Majors had a little two-out magic of their own in the bottom half of the inning, however, as Emily Spicer shot a two-run blast over the left field fence to end game one 6-4, scoring Jade Hewitt from third with the homer.
Lindsay Drane got the win for the Majors in two innings of work, allowing two runs off four hits with one strikeout. Molly Tyner completed five innings, allowing two runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
The offensive show continued into the early innings of game two as both teams combined for nine runs in the first three innings. The Majors put up four in the bottom of the first as Kim Mason couldn't find her spots early on, allowing all nine Millsaps batters to step to the plate in the frame.
Millsaps tacked two more on in the second to take a 6-2 lead into the third. Caroline Thompson led the second with a triple that sailed over the head of the Choctaw left fielder and scored after a throwing error in the infield put Wursteisen on first. Katie Birdwell drove in the second run with a single past the shortstop to score Spicer from third, but the Majors left two stranded in the inning.
From there the Choctaws chipped away at the Majors' lead. They got one in the third, one in the fourth, three in the fifth and one more in the seventh to come away with the come-from-behind victory, 8-6.
Katie Birdwell took the loss after five innings. She allowed seven runs on 11 hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
The Majors will travel to Georgetown, Texas this weekend for the final regular season series of the season as they will take on the Southwestern Pirates. Game one is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
