BIRMINGHAM,AL- The Millsaps Majors rallied for 10 runs in the last two innings, including eight in the ninth in a 13-6 win over the Blackburn Beavers at Birmingham Southern on Saturday.
Millsaps found themselves in a six-run hole after the first inning as the Beavers got to starter Daniel Ross. Blackburn put the first five batters on using three hits a walk and an error. Blackburn strung together five hits, scoring six runs, four of them earned off Ross.
The Majors began chipping away at the lead in the fourth. After Stephen Gates and Keith Shumaker reached on singles, Gates scored and William Chenoweth reached on an error committed off a sacrifice bunt. Samuel Doucet brought home Shumaker on a groundout and Isaac Glenn singled home Chenoweth to make it a 6-3 game.
Daniel Ross settled down and was brilliant after the first inning, going the next seven scoreless to keep the Majors in the game. The game remained 6-3 heading into the top of the eighth.
In the eighth, the Majors put the first two on via walks and put runners on second and third after a sacrifice. Andrew Rafferty brought home Blake Littlejohn on a groundout and Annon Etheridge hit a pitch hit single to score Glenn to make it a 6-5 game.
Millsaps erupted then in the ninth, scoring eight times. The Majors did most of the damage with two outs after Shumaker was hit by a pitch and was sacrifice over a strike out put Littlejohn up with two outs. He walked and Isaac Glenn was hit by a pitch to load the bases. An error brough home Shumaker and two wild pitched brough it Littlejohn and Glenn. After two more walks, Chenoweth brought home two with a single. Millsaps scored eight times on just three hits.
The Majors improve to 5-3 on the year and play North Park later today in Birmingham.