JACKSON, MS- Millsaps knocked out 22 hits in two games on Monday, sweeping a double header from the University of Chicago Maroons, winning 7-2 in game one and 11-5 in game two.
Game One Box Score
In game one, Smokey Ethridge set the tone, allowing just two hits and striking out four in four innings of work. Millsaps pitching allowed just three hits to the Maroons in game one.
Andy Page kept his hot streak going, legging out a two-out infield single to bring across the game's first run in the second inning. Chicago tied the game in the third before the Majors went ahead for good in the bottom half of the frame. Keith Shumaker blasted a solo home run over the right field wall and Lee Ogletree brought home Isaac Glenn on a ground out and Millsaps led 3-1 after three.
Millsaps broke open the game in the sixth. Logan Patterson drew a bases loaded walk to force in a run and Page had a sac fly to bring across another run as the Majors led 5-2 after six. Ogletree popped a two-run home run in the seventh to close out the scoring in game one.
James Perkins threw three innings of hitless relief and got the win, to move to 2-0 on the season.
In game two, the Majors scored early and often in an 11-5 win. William Chenoweth crushed a ground-rule double that led to an Annon Etheridge infield single and a 1-0 Majors' lead. Chicago scored twice in the second to take a brief lead before Millsaps erupted for six in the bottom of the second.
The Majors ripped off four straight extra-base hits with Shumaker and Glenn hitting doubles and Chenoweth and Etheridge popping back-to-back home runs. For Etheridge, it was his first home run as a Major. Millsaps led 7-2 after two.
Millsaps scored twice more in the fourth to answer a two-spot by Chicago in the third. Etheridge continued his big day with an run-scoring ground out and JT Blair lined a sac fly to left. In the fifth, Glenn ripped a double to left that scored Shumaker and Bryce Blackburn to close out the scoring.
Daniel Gallarno went three and two thirds strong innings of relief and Kenny Wright struck out all four batters he faced in the win.
Millsaps now sits at 15-4 on the season. They will go for the series sweep tomorrow afternoon. First pitch has been moved to 3PM.
