DEMOREST, GA-Will Edwards allowed three unearned runs and fanned ten in five-plus innings as the Majors downed the host Piedmont Lions 8-6 in the openin leg of the Piedmont Spring Classic. 

Samuel Doucet got things rolling in the second inning by singling, stealing second and scoring on a Kevin Wall sacrifice fly. The Majors tacked on another run on an r-b-i double by Wes Perkins. Millsaps broke things open in a three-run fourth. A r-b-i single by William Chenoweth scored Jerrod Myers, Stephen Gates drove in Kevin Wall with a single and Keith Shumaker had a run-scoring ground out as the Majors built a 5-1 lead. 

The Lions chased Edwards in the sixth, capitalizing on an error and a walk. Zander Romano came in to get out of the fifth and teamed up with Will Elmore to bridge the gap into the ninth. 

Gates again added to his hot start with a 3 r-b-i single, padding the Majors lead. The Lions would answer with three more unearned in their half of the seventh, again capitalizing on walks and errors. 

Freshman JC Keane came in to nail down the save for Millsaps. Keane got a strike out and got a groundout to first base to work around a walk and a hit batsmen to send the Majors to 2-2. They will look to head over the 500 mark against Birmingham Southern tomorrow at 1pm at Piedmont College. While the Panthers are a conference foe, this contest will not go towards the SAA standings.