JACKSON,MS- The Millsaps Majors lost a pair of tough conference games to the Birmingham Southern Panthers on Monday, falling 7-2 and 7-5.
The games were played today as a makeup of Sunday's cancelation.
GAME ONE BOX
In game one, a four-run second inning proved to be the difference in the 7-2 win. The Majors scored first with Megan Murray coming home to score on a Rayne Gravat single with two outs. The Panthers' big blow in the second inning was a bases loaded double by Taylor Bassett. The Majors would threaten in the second inning, chasing starter Taylor Harkins but couldn't score.
The Panthers added a single tally in the fourth and two more in the fifth to move ahead 7-1. Millsaps went quietly in the fifth and sixth and got something going in the seventh. Logan Dukes hit a sac fly to drive in Katelyn Murray who walked then stole second and reached third off an error. Millsaps would put two more on but couldn't dent the plate as BSC took game three of the series.
In game two, a four run sixth inning proved to be the difference in a tight ball game.
The Panthers scored single tallies in each of the first three innings in the nightcap. The Majors answered with a solo tally in the second. Katelyn Murray hit a sac fly to score Rayne Gravat who was pushed to third on a double by Tiffany Havard. The Majors would settle for one in the second and it would be 3-1 into the fifth.
Caroline Thompson reached on an error in the fifth, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Megan Murray to make it 3-2.
The Panthers made it 7-2 with a four-run sixth. The big blow was a two-run single off the bat of Alex Skene as the Panthers scored on an error and another single in the inning.
Tiffany Havard doubled again in the bottom of the sixth and scored on a Hannah Doggett single. But the Majors would leave two more on base and a total of nine runners left in game two. In the seventh, the Majors put the first three on base to load the bags for Savannah Havard who singled home Thompson. But the Majors left the bases loaded as each of the next three batters were retired without a run scoring.
The losses drop the Majors to 12-5 overall and 3-5 in conference play. Millsaps will be in action on Saturday in Memphis as they travel to take on the Rhodes Lynx. First pitch on Saturday is set for noon.
