LaGRANGE, Ga. – The Millsaps Majors Baseball Team's struggles continue as they traveled to Georgia for Game One of a three game series against the LaGrange Panthers. The Panthers got three runs early on and added two more later in the game as they got a dominant performance from starter Robby Williams to defeat Millsaps 5-1.
 
The Majors struggled to get anything going offensively as they could get runners on, but could not do anything with them, grounding into four double plays on the evening.
 
LaGrange took a 3-0 lead after two innings and increased their lead to 5-0 after the sixth. Millsaps got a two out rally going as senior Drew Leonard hit a triple to left field and junior Stephen Gates drove him in to get the only run of the day across the board.
 
Freshman Samuel Doucet got the start and did not pitch badly for Millsaps. He gave up five runs on the afternoon, but only one of them was earned. He also struck out five on the evening. Freshman William Chenoweth and junior Will Elmore did an excellent job in relief.
 
Gates had a terrific day offensively going 3-for-4 with a double and the lone RBI while Leonard 1-for-2 with a run scored and a triple. The Majors did outhit the Panthers, but double plays continued to haunt them.
 
The Majors now fall to 10-8 and are on a four game losing streak including falling in six of their last eight contests. Millsaps looks to right the ship as they are back at it with LaGrange at 2 p.m. tomorrow afternoon.