JACKSON-The Millsaps Majors erupted for nine in the seventh to break open a 5-5 tie in a 15-5 win over the #20 Birmingham Southern Panthers.

Andrew Rafferty gave the Majors their first lead of the ball game in the second, with a sharp single to center field to drive home two. After the Panthers knotted the game at two, the Majors got a pair of bases loaded walks. Rafferty and William Chenoweth walked home rbis in the third to give the Majors a 4-2 lead.

Samuel Doucet hit a laser to center field, deep enough to score Keith Shumaker to make it a 5-2 game in the fourth. Birmingham Southern began to chip away at the Majors' lead. A single tally in the fifth made it 5-3 and their relief pitching kept the Majors' bats quiet for the time being. Two more for the Panthers in the seventh tied the game at 5 and gave a no-decision to Shumaker.

Millsaps then sent 14 men to the plate in the bottom half of the inning, responding to the Panthers' momentum in a big way. The Majors got seven hits, all singles, in the inning. Chenoweth (twice), Jerrod Myers, Shumaker, Doucet, Isaac Glenn, Kevin Wall all had rbi singles.

The Majors then put the exclamation point on the game in the eighth. After Blake Littlejohn reached on an error, Sam Doucet singled home Stephen Gates to put the run rule in effect. The win goes to Harper Grier, who pitched one third of an inning, but got the final out in the seventh.

The Majors and Panthers are in a tie at 14-3 atop the SAA. The two will square off in the finale of the three-game set tomorrow at 1pm.