JACKSON, MS- The Millsaps Majors moved to 5-0 on the season after sweeping their 2014 home opening series with the Centenary Ladies, 10-4 and 10-1 on Saturday.
Game One Box Score
The Majors jumped on Centenary early in game one, hanging a four spot up in the first inning. Caroline Thompson and Abbie Joiner came into score on a single by Rayne Gravat. Savannah Havard doubled home Gravat and came in to score on an error two batters later. Gravat struck again in the second inning, doubling home Joiner to make it 5-0.
Millsaps erupted for five runs in the third, starting the inning by loading the bases with two singles and a walk. Thompson singled home two runs, as did Joiner and Gravat brought home another run with her third hit of the game. Six hits and five runs later, the Majors led 10-0.
It would stay 10-0 until the top of the fifth inning when Centenary would score four unearned runs. After Blakeli Entremont got the first two batters out, an error extended the inning. Centenary strung together four hits and a walk to strike four times to make it 10-4.
The Majors would go quietly in the fifth and the sixth. Molly Tyner would come in to pitch in the seventh in relief of Entremont. Tyner got a double play and worked around a pair of singles to nail down the win for Entremont and the Majors improved to 5-0.
Entremont got the win, going six plus innings without allowing an earned run. She scattered seven hits and three walks while striking out one. The top four of the Majors' lineup in game one went 11-15 with seven runs and nine runs batted in.
In game two, Molly Tyner got the start and sent Centenary down quietly in the first. Millsaps would take an early lead thanks to a two-run home run off the bat of Savannah Havard. The senior catcher turned on a pitch and drove it well beyond the left field wall to give Millsaps a 2-0 lead.
Centenary would score another unearned run in the second, scoring from first on a two-out single. The Majors would go quietly in the second and Tyner sent down Centenary without issue in the third, her final inning of the day.
Millsaps would hang a crooked number on the board in the third, scoring three times. The Majors scored twice on a crazy play off the bat of Tiffany Havard. A hot shot ground deflected off the second baseman and into right field, scoring Gravat. The right fielder then threw the ball wildly home, allowing Savannah Havard to score. Tiffany Havard never stopped running and ended up on third base. Rayner LeBlance singled home Tiffany Havard to make it a 5-1 ball game.
The Majors tacked on five more runs in the fourth. Gravat doubled home Thompson and Joiner and moved to third on a passed ball. Savannah Havard brought home Gravat with a single. Kat Romero ran for Havard and moved to third on a Megan Murray single and scored on a Tiffany Havard single.
Katie Birdwell pitched the final two innings of relief to close out the Ladies. She threw two scoreless innings and worked around four walks by striking out four. The game was called after the top half of the fifth on account of the eight-run rule being inacted.
The Majors moved to 5-0 with the sweep and will host the Dallas Crusaders next Saturday at home. First pitch is set for game one is set for noon.
