JACKSON, MS- Millsaps got great starting pitching and timely hitting as they swept the Hendrix Warriors 2-1 and 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at Twenty Field. 

Game One Box

In game one, Smokey Etheridge nearly went the distance, going 8 2/3 innings of one-run ball as Millsaps won in walk-off fashion. James Perkins hit the reliever's jackpot, throwing two pitches to end the top of the ninth and earning the victory.

Hendrix nearly made a first-inning run stand up. A Drew Judson single brought home Ryan Ritz to score the lone Warrior run of the day. The Majors could not capitalize on chances throughout the game, stranding nine runners total.

In the eighth inning, Isaac Glenn and William Chenoweth both singled and JT Blair doubled for his fourth hit of the game to tie the game at 1-1. In the ninth, after Glenn had singled Keith Shumaker to second, William Chenoweth singled to left. Initially, Shumaker was held at third but when the throw from left field sailed past the catcher, the senior broke for home and scored the winning run easily.

More late heroics were needed in game two as Keith Shumaker earned the complete game win. The righty allowed just five hits and one run while striking out three and walking nobody.

Again, Hendrix took the lead, scratching across a run in the fourth. Millsaps answered in the fifth as Bryce Blackburn singled home Mike Rohrer to tie the game.

An inning later, the Majors struck again. Millsaps loaded the bases and Rohrer hit a sac fly to left to score Chenoweth for the go-ahead run.  Joe Stearns followed with his second hit of the day, a run-scoring single to add some insurance and score Annon Etheridge.

Shumaker made the runs stand up, pitching out of a two-out jam in the top of the seventh and securing the win.

The double header sweep moves Millsaps to 7-3 overall and 4-1 in the SAA. The two teams will wrap up the weekend series on Sunday with a 1PM first pitch.