BIRMINGHAM, AL- The Millsaps Majors got a masterful performance from Smokey Ethridge but fell 2-1 to the Hendrix Warriors in the opening round of the SAA playoffs. 

Ethridge (pictured) threw a complete game, allowing just one earned run and seven hits while striking out five. 

Hendrix got an rbi ground out in the second and an unearned run in the third that proved to be the game winning run. 

The Majors' offense was stymied most of the afternoon by Warrior pitching. Millsaps did get two runners on in the first inning but Keith Shumaker was cut down trying to steal third to end the inning. 

The lone Majors' tally came in the sixth inning as Logan Patterson scored on a Shumaker double play ground ball. The freshman had made it to third after walking on a Stephen Gates single. In the ninth, the Majors got William Chenoweth into scoring position with two outs, but an Isaac Glenn fly out to center field ended the game.

The loss sends the Majors into the loser's bracket of the four-team pod. They will play the loser of the Birmingham Southern/Sewanee matchup tomorrow afternoon.