JACKSON – The Millsaps Majors Baseball Team welcomed in the Mississippi College Choctaws on Tuesday evening for their third game in the Maloney Series. The Choctaws got an early lead and held off furious rallies from the Majors to escape Jackson with their second win over Millsaps by the score of 13-10.
After the Choctaws got a run in the first, Millsaps responded with a run of their own in the second as freshman Samuel Doucet hit a sharp liner that tipped off the glove of Mississippi College's shortstop Josh Perez to score a run. Senior Jules Roussel tried to make it two as he tried to make it home, but was called out at the plate to keep the score at one.
The Choctaws got three runs in the third and two runs in the fourth to take a 6-1 advantage and despite a RBI single from junior Stephen Gates in the fifth, added two more runs in the sixth to take an 8-2 advantage.
Millsaps got back in the game in the bottom half of the sixth as senior Ryan Zemke led the inning off with a double. Roussel added a base hit and senior Andrew Evans walked to load the bases with two outs with Gates up at the plate. Gates did not disappoint as he laced a double to left center to clear the bases and cut the deficit to three.
MC got a run back in the seventh, but Millsaps added two more thanks to a sacrifice fly from sophomore Kevin Wall and Doucet's second RBI of the evening to make it 9-7. However, the Choctaws got two more runs in the eighth to go up 11-7.
Millsaps then made it a one run game in the bottom half thanks to a two RBI triple from Zemke and a RBI double from Wall to make it an 11-10 game. Mississippi College was able to put the game away in the ninth with a two run home run and held the Majors off to take the win.
Gates led the way going 3-for-6 for the day with four RBIs and a double while Zemke, Wall, and Doucet each added two RBI days. Freshman Ketih Shumaker added a 3-for-5 day while Zemke was 2-for-4.
With the loss, the Majors fall to 15-10 overall and 1-2 in the Maloney Series this season with three games to play. They return to action on Saturday as they travel to Danville, Ky. to take on the Centre Colonels in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. EST.
