MEMPHIS, TN- For the second straight game, the Rhodes Lynx edged the Majors in a pitcher's duel, winning 3-2 in game one on Saturday morning.
The Majors fall to 25-9 on the season and 15-5 in the SAA while Rhodes improves to 26-11 and 13-6 in the SAA. Keith Shumaker threw the second-straight eight-inning complete game for the Majors, allowing three runs on 11 hits and striking out three.
Adam Putnam went eight-plus innings for Rhodes and kept Millsaps off-balance all game long. The Majors didn't get their first hit until a two-out double from Isaac Glenn in the fourth inning. Rhodes would score in the bottom of the fourth, using a double and a two-out single to score the game's first run.
Millsaps got going offensively in the sixth, loading the bases with nobody out. William Chenoweth singled to tie the game at one, scoring Bryce Blackburn. The Majors took the lead, when Keith Shumaker scored off a Annon Etheridge double play. The Lynx would answer in the bottom of the inning, re-taking the lead with two runs of their own. Rhodes singled four times in the inning and threatened for a third run, but William Chenoweth threw the runner out at the plate to end the inning.
The Majors got a runner into scoring position in the seventh and a runner on in the ninth, but could not tie the ball game. In the nightcap, the Lynx pulled away late to complete a sweep of the Majors in an 11-2 ball game. Andy Page and William Chenoweth had three-hit games for the Majors but a six run-sixth from Rhodes.
The loss drops Millsaps to 15-6 in the SAA, they will most likely be the #2 seed in the SAA tournament and will host next weekend.