JACKSON – The Millsaps Majors Baseball Team returned home to Twenty Field on Tuesday afternoon as they welcomed in the Huntingdon Hawks in their final tune up before the SCAC season begins. Millsaps scored runs in every inning as they cruised to a 12-2 win over the Hawks in seven innings.
Millsaps got things rolling in the first as they put across a run without any hits as junior Jerrod Myers was hit by a pitch and junior Stephen Gates walked. Freshman Keith Shumaker then put the ball in play as the Hawks threw it into the outfield to score a run and take a 1-0 lead.
The Majors made it 2-0 in the second with one swing of the bat as freshman Samuel Doucet came to the plate and ripped a line shot over the left field fence for his first home run of his collegiate career.
Shumaker and Doucet added RBIs in the third to put the Majors up 4-1 before they put the game out reach in the fourth.
Myers led the inning off with a double while senior Drew Leonard reached on an error. Gates then singled to load the bases up with no outs. Shumaker added his second RBI of the game as he found a hole for an infield single. The Majors followed that up with back-to-back RBI single from seniors Ryan Zemke and Jules Roussel put the Majors up 7-1. Doucet then put the Majors up 9-1 with a two RBI single as Millsaps began to pull away.
Gates added his second home run of the season in the fifth and the Majors got two more in sixth thanks to a RBI triple from Myers to take the dominating 12-2 win.
Freshman West Hammond dominated on this day as he gave up four hits in six innings while giving up one earned run on the day. Freshman William Chenoweth finished it off in the seventh by putting the Hawks down without giving up a run and striking out one.
Doucet had a huge day going 2-for-2 with four RBIs including a home run and two runs scores. Gates added a 3-for-4 day with one RBI while Myers was 2-for-4 with a RBI, three runs scored, and a stolen base. Shumaker also added two RBIs.
Millsaps now improves to 13-8 on the season and prepares for conference play this weekend as they hit the road for Atlanta, Ga. to take on the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels. First pitch in Atlanta will be on Saturday, as they will begin a doubleheader at 12 p.m. EST.
