JACKSON, Miss. -- The Millsaps College baseball team opened up the 2020 campaign on Friday night by hosting the LeTourneau University Yellowjackets at Twenty Field. 

The Yellowjackets jumped out to a 5-0 lead early in the contest, and added to their advantage late, pulling away from the Majors for a 19-4 win. 

How It Happened
LeTourneau plated a run in the top of the 2nd inning, and then added two runs in the 3rd and three in the 4th to go ahead 6-0. 

In the bottom of the 4th, Jon Dale Dieckman set the table for the first Millsaps run of the game by reaching on a one-out single, the first hit all afternoon for the Majors.

Fritz Walker III was hit by a pitch, and Jackson Hailey followed that up with a base hit to load the bases. With two outs in the inning Mark Petkovsek drew a walk which allowed Dieckman to score.

Unfortunately, the Yellowjackets responded with 9 unanswered runs to take a 15-1 lead in the 8th inning. 

Dieckman scored his second run of the game in the 8th, and the Majors added another when Josh Laurent was brought home to make it 15-3. 

LeTourneau got those runs back in the 9th, and then added two more to the advantage to go ahead 19-3.  

Hailey drew a bases loaded walk, scoring Will Neely in the 9th, but the Yellowjacket advantage proved to be too much for the Majors to overcome.

What's Next?
The two teams return to Twenty Field tomorrow to wrap up the series with a doubleheader. First pitch of game one is set for 12:00 p.m.