JACKSON- The Centre Colonels got a three-run and solo shot late to push past the Majors 7-4 in a game moved up to Friday to combat rain. 

The Majors struck first, using a Stephen Gates double, Keith Shumaker single and a Samuel Doucet sac fly to take a 1-0 lead. That lead grew to 2-0 after Wes Perkins singled home Shumaker in the home half of the third. 

Centre would tie the game in the fifth, scoring on an error and a single. The Colonels would slap together a couple of two-out hits in the sixth to take a 3-2 lead. Wes Perkins tied the game an inning later, hit a fly ball that kept carrying before landing on the other side of the left field wall for a solo home run. 

Centre would strike with late-inning thunder hitting a three-run home run in the eighth. The Majors would load the bases in the bottom half of the eighth, but could not score. Doucet would single home Gates in the ninth to close the gap to 7-4 but would get no closer. 

Keith Shumaker got the start and went the first seven. He allowed six hits, three runs (two earned) and struck out seven, but did not factor in the decision. 

The Majors have dropped three straight to fall to 12-7 on the year and 4-3 in conference. Tomorrow's game has been moved to 11am to combat rain.