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April
12,
2007
PINEVILLE,
La. -- In midweek non-conference action
at Billy Allgood Field on Wednesday night, the 22nd-ranked
Millsaps Majors cruised to a 20-4 win on the heels of Russ
Boyd's 3-run blast and four strong innings on the mound from
lefty Tait Hendrix.
A seven-run first inning for Millsaps had the homestanding
Louisiana College Wildcats playing catch-up the entire game,
a deficit they cut to 11-4 before the Majors plated nine runs
over the final two innings to break the game wide open.
A pair of RBI-doubles from Hunter Owen and Hunter Abrams jumpstarted
the Majors' offensive attack and gave the visitors an early
3-0 margin before a Joe Blades RBI-single and Boyd's 3-run
homerun [the first of his career] put the Majors
up by a touchdown.
Millsaps [26-9, 8-4 SCAC] took advantage of six Louisiana College
errors and spread out 13 more runs over the second, third,
fourth and ninth frames,
including
a six-run eighth that brought 12 batters to the plate.
In his seventh start of the season for Millsaps on the mound,
Hendrix retired eight of the first nine Wildcats he faced while
scattering
six hits,
five strikeouts
and three [earned] runs over four innings of work for the no
decision.
Freshman right-hander
John David Childs (pictured)
was credited with the
first win of his career, tossing three innings in relief
of Hendrix
while
scattering
three hits, three strikeouts and
surrendering one [earned] run.
Louisiana College [20-13, 7-5
American Southwest] emptied 26 players onto the field in
the three hour contest, including
nine different pitchers, as they allowed players to see much
needed playing time in preparations for two crucial three-game
series against ASC
foes University
of
the Ozarks
and UT-Tyler.
Millsaps will wrap up its regular season conference schedule
this weekend on the road in Conway, Ark., facing off with
SCAC West nemesis Hendrix College in a 4-game set.
The games
were originally scheduled for Friday-Sunday, but have been
moved to Saturday, Sunday and possibly Monday due to inclement
weather in the Conway area. Check the Millsaps schedule page
for up-to-date game times.
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