SHERMAN, Texas – The \#23 Majors could not find their offense today, falling 13-1 to Austin College in Sherman.
The Majors (20-11, 9-6 SCAC) scored their only run of the game in the third inning thanks to Josh Ordeneaux single past the second baseman into right field that scored Jules Roussel from second. Roussel had been hit by a pitch to get on then stole second to get into position for Ordeneaux.
The 'Roos (8-19, 5-13 SCAC) already had seven runs on the board thanks to a four-run first and a three-run second that put the game away early. Jake Mills went two-thirds of the first, giving up four runs on three hits before handing the ball over to Will Elmore who got the third out to get Millsaps out of the inning.
Elmore got two quick outs in the second, but walked the leadoff and four-spot hitters to set up Lee Frank to send one over the fence to put Austin up 7-0. The Majors, for their part, had just two innings with more than a single hit including the third.
Millsaps got six hits on the day against Austin's Christian Curtis. Austin had four hits in the top of the seventh alone to score five runs and end the game after seven with the ten run rule after the Majors went down 1-2-3 in the bottom half.
Elmore went five-and-two-thirds for the Majors, giving up six runs on seven hits. He walked five and struck out five on the day. Andrew Pearce and Boomer Hudson each came in for an out in the seventh to end the game. Mills took the loss to fall to 2-2 on the year.
The Majors will not have to wait long to put this one behind them as they travel to Memphis on Tuesday afternoon to take on the Rhodes College Lynx in a 4:00 p.m. matchup.
They will return to Twenty Field this Wednesday for a non-conference single game with the Birmingham-Southern Panthers at 6:00 p.m.