ATLANTA, Ga. – The Millsaps Majors Baseball Team was looking for a sweep over the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels in the final game of a three game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series. The Petrels got runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings to come from behind and salvage the final game of the series, 7-6.
 
Things started off well for the Majors as they took a 1-0 lead in the second. Freshman Ketih Shumaker led the inning off with single as senior Ryan Zemke followed him up with a RBI triple, his third tripe of the season, to give the Majors the lead.
 
The Majors got two more in the third as senior Drew Leonard led the inning off with a single and then stole second. Junior Wes Perkins drove him in to make it 2-0. After a single by Shumaker, sophomore Kevin Wall came through with a RBI single the put the Majors ahead 3-0.
 
Millsaps got one more in the fourth as junior Stephen Gates got a fly ball deep enough to score junior Will Elmore from third for sacrifice fly and 4-0 lead.
 
However, Oglethorpe was able to get it all back in the fifth as they tied the game at four after getting four runs off only two hits. Leonard hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth to put Millsaps back ahead 5-4, but Oglethorpe got the run back and added one more to take their first lead of the game at 6-5.
 
Oglethorpe added one more in the seventh as the Majors looked to respond in the eighth. Gates drove in a run to make it a one run game, but could not make anything else happen despite runners on first and second as Oglethorpe was able to hold on for the 7-6 win.
 
Freshman Samuel Doucet got the start for the Majors and pitched well, but only pitched 4.2 innings. Sophomore Zander Romano took the loss for Millsaps.
 
The first four batters were great for the Majors as they combined to go 10-for-17 with four RBIs while the rest of the lineup only came up with four hits. Gates wen 2-for-4 with two RBIs while Leonard was 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored. Perkins and Shumaker were each 3-for-5 while Perkins had a RBI on the day.
 
Millsaps falls to 15-9 overall and drops to 2-1 in the SCAC. They return to action on Tuesday as they welcome in the Mississippi College Choctaws for their third game of the Maloney Series. Belhaven currently leads the series with a 2-1 record while the Choctaws are 1-2. Millsaps comes in at 1-1 with a win over Belhaven and a loss to MC. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.