Atlanta, Ga.  – The Millsaps Majors Baseball Team took a wild road trip in Georgia on Saturday. They started the afternoon in Atlanta as they came from behind to defeat York College, 7-4 on the campus of Emory College. They then rode down to LaGrange, about a hour and a half drive, and defeated the LaGrange Panthers in a wild contest, 17-10. Junior Stephen Gates had a monster day, going 8-for-10 with a home run and four RBIs.
 
In thr first game, Millsaps fell behind 1-0 to York College out of Pennsylvania. Millsaps came back in the top of the third as freshman Samuel Doucet singled to lead the inning off and moved to second on an error. After junior Drew Leonard laid down a sacrifice bunt and Gates came through with his first RBI of the day to tie it at one.
 
Freshman Keith Shumaker singled a run in later in the inning and was part of a double steal that score junior Jules Roussel to push Millsaps' lead to 3-1.
 
The Spartans responded though with runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take the lead back at 4-3. However, Millsaps took the lead for good in the top of the sixth.
 
Senior Ryan Zemke led the inning off with a single followed by senior Drew Respess taking a pitch to have first and second with one out. After a groundout moved them to second and third, senior Drew Leonard scorched a single up the middle to drive two runs home and put Millsaps back in front 5-4. Leonard then stole second and Gates struck again for his second RBI to make it 6-4.
 
Millsaps added an insurance run in the ninth as Shumaker drove in his second run and sophomore Zander Romano closed the game to pick up his first save of the season as Millsaps won, 7-4.
 
Freshman West Hammond earned the win for Millsaps going five innings and striking out four.
 
Millsaps came back and took on LaGrange in a wild contest. Millsaps scored runs in second, third, fourth, and fifth innings to jump out to a 12-10 lead. Then, Doucet came into the game and shut the door on the Panthers as Millsaps pulled away for the 17-10 win.
 
Gates finished the game going 5-for-6 with two RBIs and a home run while Shumaker went 3-for-7 with a double and two RBIs. Sophomore Wes Perkins, Zemke, and Doucet all added multi-hit games as well.
 
Freshman William Chenoweth earned the win for Millsaps as the Majors improve to 7-2 on the season.
 
Millsaps now travels back up to Atlanta as they will take on the Emory Eagles tomorrow afternoon at 12:00 p.m.