JACKSON- The #12 Millsaps Majors earned a double-header split with the #6 Trinity Tigers, falling 11-2 in the first game and pulling out a 5-3 win in the night cap. 

Trinity broke open the first game with a five-run eighth followed by a three-run ninth. Smokey Ethridge went the first six-plus innings, allowing two earned runs. 

The Tigers scored first, getting a two-out single from Pat Hirschberg in the first inning as Trinity took an early 1-0 lead. It would stay that way until the third when Trinity struck for two more off a double and a failed pick-off play. 

The Majors would get on the board in the bottom half of the third. After Stephen Gates and Keith Shumaker reached on singles, a balk moved them over into scoring position. Isaac Glenn (pictured) grounded into a fielder's choice, scoring Gates to make it 3-1. 

Trinity busted it open in the eighth on the back of a three-run home run from Carter McEachern. Millsaps would add a lone tally in the eighth on a Gates' single but it would be Trinity that would claim game one. 

Zack Speer got the win, going the first seven innings allowing just one earned run. Smokey Ethridge got the loss, falling to 1-1. 

In game two, it would be the Majors who would get on the board first. An Isaac Glenn double set up runners on second and third and William Chenoweth grounded out to first, bringing home Shumaker for the game's first run. It would stay 1-0 into the fifth as neither offense could do much against Shumaker or Michael Walker. An rbi triple and follow-up single for the Tigers in the fifth gave Trinity a 2-1 lead. It wouldn't last long as Shumaker helped his own cause with a single to bring home Blake Littlejohn to tie the game at 2. 

Millsaps would take a 3-2 lead in the seventh, scoring on a balk after Andrew Rafferty had advanced to third via an error and wild pitch. Trinity shortstop Christian Muscarello tied the game in the top of the eighth with a solo shot only to see the Majors answer right back. 

In the home half of the eighth, two walks and a single loaded up the bases for Littlejohn. Littlejohn would reach on a catcher's interference, scoring what would be the game winning run. Annon Etheridge added insurance with a single to make it 5-3. 

William Chenoweth got the win in relief, going the final two innings. Trinity would put runners on the corners in the ninth, but to no avail. Carter Lauck got the loss in relief of Walker. 

The two rivals will meet in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is set for high noon.