BIRMINGHAM, AL- The Millsaps Majors used a five-run first and 19 hits to defeat and eliminate the Hendrix Warriors 11-6 in the SAA championships opening round hosted by Birmingham Southern. 

The win sends the Majors to Sunday to face Birmingham Southern at noon. The Majors need to win twice to advance to the SAA championship series. 

Every Major starter got a hit against the Warriors, including a four-hit game from Isaac Glenn (pictured) including a home run. 

Keith Shumaker got the win, going the full nine innings and helped himself with a first inning solo home run. The Majors would then load the bases with two outs for Blake Littlejohn, who tripled and scored on an error to make it 5-0 after one inning of play. 

An Isaac Glenn double scored Shumaker in the second to make it 6-0. William Chenoweth singled home a run and Littlejohn was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fourth as Millsaps get the pressure on, making it 8-0. 

It would be 11-0 after five thanks in part to a two-run homer from Glenn. However, Hendrix would not go quietly, scoring four times in the sixth off Shumaker. A Thomas Weber bases-clearing double was the big blow for the Warriors in the frame. Hendrix added two more in the eighth but Shumaker was resilient and got the complete game and the win. 

The victory is the first for the Majors against Hendrix this season in five games and moves Millsaps to 23-17 overall on the season. First pitch against Birmingham Southern is set for noon on Sunday.