ROME- The Berry Vikings scored four runs in the seventh and outlasted the Millsaps Majors 8-7 Friday night in the opening game of the three-game conference set. 

The Majors would strike first, scoring in the top half of the second, capitializing on a Samuel Doucet triple and a Kevin Wall sac fly. But as the story was most of the night, the Vikings would match the Majors score for score and would answer in the bottom half of the second. 

Millsaps would take a 3-1 lead in the fifth as Keith Shumaker doubled home a run and Doucet would single home Stephen Gates one batter later. The Viking would take advantage of walks, balks and an error to hang a crooked three spot up in the home half of the fifth despite just one hit and grabbed a 4-3 lead. 

The Majors would use a pair of Viking errors to score three of their own an retake the lead in the back and forth affair. In one of the bigger plays of the game, Jerrod Myers was thrown out at home on a double steal to end the inning. 

After the Vikings' four spot in the seventh, the Majors would threaten in their final at-bat. After two men were out, two walks and a hit batter loaded up the bases. A wild pitch scored the Majors' seventh run as Isaac Glenn crossed the plate. However, Andrew Rafferty lined out to right to end the threat, and the game. 

The Majors now sit at 11-4 overall on the season and 3-1 in conference play. The Majors and Vikings have a pair of matinees to close out the series. First pitch tomorrow is set for 1pm central time.