SHREVEPORT, La. – The Millsaps baseball team improved to 28-11 thanks to a strong pitching effort and late-inning surge at Centenary College on Wednesday. The Majors bested the Gents, 5-2 after a nearly 80-minute rain delay at Shehee Stadium.

A total of eight pitchers took to the mound, including an inning each by senior Nick Tarantino and graduate Wil Wood. Tarantino and Wood held the Gents scoreless with two strikeouts combined.

Fifth year Jackson Hood earned the win with a scoreless fifth inning and two strikeouts. Junior Stewart Bonnecaze earned his first career save with two additional strikeouts and no runs allowed in the ninth.

Freshmen Cam Cressend and Fred Fields each blanked Centenary (16-21) with an inning of work.

Offensively senior Gray Berry (2-for-4, RBI, two stolen bases, hit by pitch) and junior EJ Ousley (2-for-5, two RBIs) tallied a pair of hits apiece.

Every other starting Major had a least one hit or tallied an RBI. Senior Evan Scott tallied an RBI double and scored a run.

Centenary scored the opening run in the bottom of the third following a walk and two singles.

Millsaps broke through in the sixth inning when Pelle doubled and graduate Case Page reached safely with a bunt single. After a pitching change, Scott doubled home Pelle and Ousley singled to score Page.

Junior Mason Morgan stepped in and collected a fielder's choice RBI when Scott scored from third, giving the Majors a 3-1 advantage.

Ousley made it 4-1 in the seventh when he bunted safely with a two-out, bases-loaded single.

After Centenary cut the deficit to 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh, fifth year Branyan Bounds doubled in the top of the eighth. Graduate David Abbadessa then singled Bounds around to reestablish Millsaps' three-run advantage.

Fields didn't yield a hit in the eighth and Bonnecaze struck out two final batters, including the last out swinging. The Majors combined for a solid 5-2 win on the road.

Millsaps is next scheduled to host MUW in the regular-season finale at Twenty Field, beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Live video and live stats will be available at gomajors.com.


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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.