JACKSON – The Millsaps Majors Baseball Team struggled on Saturday afternoon against the Illinois Wesleyan Titans at Twenty Field. After taking a 3-1 lead after two innings, the Major offense went cold and could not add to their lead throughout the game. The Titans used four run innings in the sixth and the eighth to take a 10-5 win.
 
After giving up the run in the first, the Majors got to work in the second as freshman Keith Shumaker and senior Ryan Zemke walked to lead the inning off. After a single by freshman Samuel Doucet, senior Drew Respess came through with a double down the left field line to give the Majors a 2-1 lead and runners at second and third with no outs. The Majors could only get one run across on a passed ball as they extended their lead to 3-1.
 
From there, Millsaps struggled to get anything going offensively as the only picked up one hit in the next four innings off starter Nick Mehn.
 
Illinois Wesleyan put four runs on the board in the sixth as they cleared the bases with a three RBI double to go up 5-3. The Majors had a chance to respond in the sixth as they got runners on second and third with no outs, but could not get a run across.
 
The Titans put the game out of reach in the eighth as they scored four in the inning led by another bases clearing three RBI double to go up 9-3.
 
The Majors got one back in the eighth thanks to a bases loaded, RBI single from freshman Annon Etheridge, but could not add anymore in the inning. Respess added his third RBI of the game in the ninth as the Majors fell.
 
Respess led the way with a 2-for-5 day with those three RBIs while Doucet added a 3-for-4 game. Junior Will Edwards took the loss for the Majors.
 
Millsaps returns to action tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 as they rescheduled their Tuesday afternoon game with the Titans.