BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After splitting in the first two games of the series, the Millsaps Majors Baseball Team took on the Birmingham-Southern Panthers in the final game of the regular season with a chance for Millsaps to wrap up the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Division in next weekend's SCAC Tournament. However, a late grand slam from the Panthers proved to be the difference as they escaped with an 8-6 win on Sunday afternoon.
 
The Panthers struck in the bottom of the first to jump out to the early lead as they got two across the board. Millsaps responded in the top of the second as senior Jules Roussel led the inning off with a double followed by a single from junior Jerrod Myers to make it a 2-1 game. Myers moved to second on a wild pitch and third off a single from freshman Keith Shumaker. Senior Andrew Evans drove him in with a sacrifice fly to center to tie the game at two.

Senior Tanner Woodson and junior Stephen Gates followed them up by getting two more runners home as Woodson reached on an error and Gates grounded out to make it a 4-2 Major lead.
 
Myers added another RBI in the third after senior Ryan Zemke led the inning off with a double and stole third. The Panthers got a run back in the third to make it 5-3, but freshman Samuel Docuet was in control on the mound as he kept the Panthers in check.
 
The game saw no runs from the fourth to seventh innings as Doucet was terrific after giving up the early inning runs.
 
After adding another run in the eighth, the Panthers loaded the bases up with two outs as Millsaps looked to get out of the inning with the 5-4 lead still in tact. However, a grand slam over the left field wall propelled Birmingham-Southern to an 8-5 lead.
 
Millsaps got one back in the ninth thanks to a RBI double from Zemke, but it was not enough as BSC took win and the series, dropping Millsaps to third in the Eastern Division.

Zemke led the way offensively going 2-for-5 on the day with a RBI while Myers was 1-for-4 with two RBIs. Evans added a 1-for-2 day with a RBI while Woodson and Gates added a RBI each. Doucet went 7.1 innings whle allowing five runs off five hits and striking out five on the afternoon. 
 
Millsaps falls to 25-14 on the year and 9-5 in the SCAC. They prepare for the SCAC Tournament; set to begin on Thursday as they Majors will be in the opening game against the No. 1 seed in the Western Division, No. 4 team in the Nation, and an old rival, the Trintiy Tigers. First pitch is set to begin at 12 p.m. CST from USA Stadium in Millington, Tenn. There will be Live Video and Stats provided as Millsaps SID James Hill will be broadcasting the tournament.