Box Score LONGVIEW, Texas – Millsaps earned a 6-1 victory over LETU in the season opener for both teams Saturday at Conrad-Vernon Field.
The Majors tallied the first six runs including one in the first, three in the second and two in the third - all coming via two-out hits.
Graduate student, Wes McKinley registered the lone YellowJackets' run. He led off the bottom of the sixth with a double before being chased home on a
Jaggar Vaughn single.
In the fifth, LETU threatened to close the gap by loading the bases with two outs but the YellowJackets were unable to get the timely hit.
LETU was led at the plate with two-hit games by McKinley and senior
Cameron Pfafman. The YellowJackets had eight knocks, with
Cody Stanley, Vaughn,
Lane Williams and
Anthony Ybarra adding one each.
Senior,
Raul Martinez (0-1) tossed 3.0 innings, allowing six runs – all earned – on eight hits, with a pair of walks and four strikeouts. Sophomore
Calvin Lopez relieved Martinez on the bump, tossing two scoreless frames. He surrendered two hits and fanned a pair.
