MT BERRY, GA- Drew Wray had a key two-run single and Keith Shumaker went the distance in game two as Millsaps earned a split with the Berry Vikings in the opening games of a pivotal conference weekend. 

The Majors dropped game one 9-6 and took game two 6-3 in extra innings. 

Game one Box

In game one, a five-run fourth was the difference in the ball game. Isaac Glenn had staked the Majors to 1-0 and 2-1 leads with a pair of run-scoring singles but Berry rallied to score eight unanswered over two innings. Berry took advantage of five Millsaps' errors in scoring the eight runs. That spurt chased starter Smokey Etheridge who was charged with 10 hits and 9 runs, but only four earned over 3 and 2/3 innings. James Perkins threw the final four and a third, shutting out Berry on just one hit. 

Glenn would finish with three runs batted in, driving in another in the sixth. However, the Majors left two runners on in the 7th and the 9th in the loss. 

Game Two Box

In game two, Drew Wray singled home two runs in the sixth inning to put the Majors up 3-2 in the seven inning game. Once again, Berry made Millsaps pay for their defensive mistakes. A key first inning error led to the first two Berry runs and an error in the seventh with two out pushed across the tying run, forcing extra innings. 

In the eighth, Andy Page singled home the go-ahead run with two outs and Samuel Doucet doubled home two more insurance runs as Millsaps plated three in the eighth. Shumaker worked a three-up, three-down eighth to get the win. The senior allowed just six hits and three unearned runs in the win while striking out six. 

The rubber match between the two teams is set for Sunday. First pitch is at noon central time.