JACKSON, Miss. — The Millsaps College baseball team fought back, but was unable to overcome a series of errors in a 10-8 defeat to Alma College on Tuesday.
Freshman
Hudson Moberly and senior
EJ Ousley both batted 3-for-5 with an RBI and run each. Classmate
Sam Thomas and freshman
Christian Kretzer also tallied a pair of RBIs.
Sophomore
Fred Fields tossed 1.2 innings of relief, striking out a batter with no hits or walks against.
The Scots got the scoring started early with five runs in the first inning. Alma added run later in the third for a 6-0 advantage.
In the bottom of the third inning, Ousley singled up the middle and Moberly followed with a single to left field, which advanced Ousley to third. Thomas then smoked a ball into the right-field corner to bring home Ousley and Moberly to cut the deficit to 6-2.
Alma scored one run again in the fourth before Carr opened the bottom of the frame with a hit by pitch. Williams then slapped a ball down the right-field line, pushing the speedy Carr around to score with a sliding triple. A couple batters later, Kretzer singled through the left side and under the driving shortstop's glove to plate Williams from third, and make the score 7-4.
Millsaps though tallied three errors in the fifth, allowing the Scots continue their attack with two additional runs.
The Majors continued to fight with one out in the bottom of the fifth. Kretzer secured his second RBI of the night with a groundout, plating Carr. Temple soon followed with an RBI-triple to left center, allowing Williams to score. Ousley added the third and final run of the inning by pushing Temple home with a hit at the shortstop at the edge of the infield.
Alma responded by scoring a single run in the seventh to fortify their margin to 10-7. Millsaps immediately loaded the bases and scored another run. Moberly singled home Kretzer from third. The Scots were able to escape with a swinging strikeout and groundout to the pitcher.
Alma gave up an error of their own in the ninth, but recovered and closed out the game on Tuesday.
The Majors and Scots will face each other once more on Thursday at Twenty Field, beginning at 4 p.m. Live video and live stats will be provided 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.
