MILLINGTON- The Majors got a complete game shutout effort from senior Will Elmore (pictured) as the Majors blanked the Salisbury Sea Gulls 7-0.
By sweeping through Friday's double header, the Majors booked their trip into Saturday's regional title game.
Elmore skirted by some early trouble to throw a complete game four-hitter. The senior walked two and struck out seven to pick up the win. Elmore got out of a bases-loaded situation in the first and stranded two runners in each the second and the third. The right-hander settled in and allowed just a pair of runners over the final six innings.
William Chenoweth had a big two out, two run single to bring home Kevin Wall and Isaac Glenn in the second inning to give the Majors an early 2-0 lead. The Majors extended the lead in the third, starting with an rbi infield single by Samuel Doucet. Isaac Glenn followed with a two-run double to extend the lead to 5-0, Doucet was thrown out on a bang-bang play at the plate to end the inning.
Wes Perkins got the offense back rolling in the fifth, tripling down the left field line. He would come into score on an rbi groundball off the bat of Blake Littlejohn. Littlejohn reached on an error on the play but got credit for the run driven in. Littlejohn struck again an inning later, rounding out the scoring with a sixth inning single that brought home Keith Shumaker.
That was more than enough for Elmore who kept the Sea Gulls off balance all night. A night after the Sea Gulls struck for 18 hits off Major pitching, Elmore held Salisbury to just four. Seven players had multi-hit games in Thursday's game compared to just one on Friday evening.
Meanwhile, Stephen Gates led the Majors' attack with three hits and a run scored. Shumaker and Glenn each had two-hit games while Littlejohn, Glenn and Chenoweth all drove in two runs each.
The Majors now advance to tomorrow's regional title game at 330 in the afternoon. They will play the winner of Salisbury versus Huntingdon at noon. Huntingdon eliminated Bridgewater on Friday afternoon. All three teams (Huntingdon, Millsaps and Salisbury) all have one loss in the double-elimination tournament.
An updated bracket is available here.
