JACKSON – The Millsaps Majors Baseball Team erased an 8-0 deficit on Tuesday evening at Twenty Field to take a 9-8 lead midway through the game; however, the Choctaws used a seven run eighth inning to storm back and take down the Majors in second game for both teams in the Maloney Series.
 
It was a rocky start for Millsaps as the Choctaws jumped all over them early on with two runs in the first, three runs in the second, and four runs in the third to take an 8-0 lead.
 
The Majors did not go down quietly though, as they made erased a huge chunk of the deficit in the fourth inning.
 
Junior Wes Perkins led the inning off with a walk followed by freshman Keith Shumaker reaching on an error by the pitcher. After a single by freshman Samuel Doucet loaded the bases, junior Jerrod Myers got Millsaps on the board as hit a slow ground ball towards first to drive Perkins in.
 
Senior Ryan Zemke then came to the plate and roped a double off the wall to score Shumaker and Doucet and make it an 8-3 game. After a fly out for the second out, senior Drew Leonard singled up the middle to make it an 8-4 game followed by another single by junior Stephen Gates.
 
Senior Jules Roussel then came through with the third straight single and the Majors made it an 8-5 game. Perkins came back up and pounded a long fly ball that bounced off the top of the tall right field fence to score two and make it a one run game.
 
Sophomore Zander Romano put the Choctaws down in order in the fifth and Millsaps struck again with the bats. After a fly out to lead the inning off, Myers came through with a single up the middle and stole second. Zemke then moved him to third after grounding out to second. Senior Andrew Evans walked Leonard was hit by a pitch to load the bases again for Millsaps hit Leonard.  That brought Gates to the plate who came through in a clutch situation with a two RBI single to give Millsaps an improbable 9-8 lead.
 
Millsaps continued to limit the Choctaws thanks to solid pitching from Romano; however, the Choctaws struck in the top of the eighth in a big way as the retook the lead thanks to a two run home run by Spencer Brunson and then added five more runs, all with two outs, to pull away from Millsaps and take the 16-9 win.
 
Scott Trusdale was credit for the win for MC while Will Elmore took the loss for Millsaps.
 
Zemke led the way for the Majors going 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored. Gates added a 2-for-5 night with two RBIs while Perkins was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Doucet also picked up a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
 
The Majors fall to 8-3 on the season and 1-1 in the Maloney Series. They return to action this weekend as they travel to Demorest, Georgia to compete at Piedmont College against the No. 15 Lions, Montclair State, and Methodist University. Check gomajors.com for first pitch times.