JACKSON, Miss. - The Centre baseball team wrapped up its six-game road trip with a Saturday doubleheader against the Millsaps Majors. Both of this afternoon's games were close calls that went in favor of the home team by scores of 6-5 and 7-6, with the second game going into extra innings.
Game 1: Millsaps 6, Centre 5
- Centre trailed 2-0 in the fourth before threatening when
Evan Weyler wound up on third following a Millsaps error. One batter later,
Chase Austin delivered an RBI single to put the Colonels on the board.
- In the fifth, the Colonels put two runners on without swinging the bat as
Forrest Day was hit by a pitch and
Ben Prather walked on four straight pitches. An error by the Majors allowed the tying run to cross the plate, and after
Aaron Lopez walked to load the bases, Weyler walked to give Centre the lead. A sacrifice fly from Austin gave the Colonels a 4-2 advantage.
- Millsaps tied the game in the bottom of the inning on a two-run homer, but Centre got it back in the seventh as Prather ripped a leadoff double down the line and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly from Weyler.
- In the eighth, the Majors retook the lead, scoring two runs on a walk, an error and two hits to go back up 6-5. Lopez led off with a base hit in the top of the ninth, but the next three Centre hitters were retired to end the game.
Game 2: Millsaps 7, Centre 6 (10 innings)
- The second half of the doubleheader remained scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when Millsaps put up four runs, capped off by a two-run homer.
- Centre's bats finally got going in the seventh as Day led off with a walk and Prather cut the deficit in half with a two-run home run, his third long ball of the weekend.
- Trailing 5-2 in the ninth, Centre staged a huge rally as Day and
Michael Lynch singled to put runners on the corners. A passed ball allowed Day to score to make it 5-3.
Ayden Lohr followed with a single to make it a one-run game and Lopez tied it with a double down the line. After Austin walked, Weyler ripped a base hit to put Centre on top 6-5.
- The Colonels got the first two hitters out in the ninth, but a walk and a double from Millsaps tied the game and sent it to extra innings. In the bottom of the tenth, the Majors walked it off with a solo homer.
NEXT UP
The Colonels will return to action on Mar. 31 with a home contest against Asbury.
