ATLANTA, GA- The Millsaps Majors exploded for 27 runs on Saturday in a double header sweep of the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels, winning 10-5 and 17-7 on Saturday.
GAME ONE BOX
In game one, the Majors pounded out 15 hits in the 10-5 win as Isaac Glenn and Logan Patterson each had three hits to lead the offense.
Isaac Glenn got the Majors going with a two-out, two-run double in the first inning to put the Majors up 2-0. After an unearned run scored in the second for the Petrels, Millsaps hung a crooked three spot on the board in the fourth. Millsaps took advantage of two Oglethorpe errors and Annon Etheridge singled home two runs as the big play in the inning.
Millsaps side-stepped a three-run fram by the Petrels in the sixth, adding a run in the seventh and two in the ninth in support of Smokey Ethridge.
The junior got the win going seven strong innings, allowing just one earned run and striking out three. James Perkins got the save, going the final two innings in game one.
In game two, the Majors erupted for eight runs in the sixth in a 17-7 win.
Keith Shumaker got the win, going four and a third innings and allowing seven earned runs. It was the offense that stole the game two show, started by Shumaker who hit a two-run homer in the first.
After Oglethorpe tied the game with two of their own in the first, Millsaps struck for three more in the second. A passed ball scored Samuel Doucet and run-scoring singles from Shumaker and Andrew Rafferty made it 5-2. Logan Patterson made it 7-2 in the fifth with a two-run single and later scored on a double steal to make it 8-2.
Oglethorpe chased Shumaker in the fifth, hanging a five-spot on the Majors to make it 8-7. Oglethorpe struck for six hits in the inning as Millsaps turned to James Perkins and Zack Snider to get out of the inning.
The offense took over in the sixth, striking for eight runs on five hits. The big blows from the Majors included run-scoring doubles from Keith Shumaker and Zander Romano and two hit batters with the bases loaded.
With the sweep, the Majors moved to 21-16 overall and 11-8 in the SAA. As it stands now, the Majors would be the four-seed in the upcoming SAA tournament.
