JACKSON, Miss. - The Belhaven Baseball team finished off a season sweep of rivals Millsaps on Tuesday 9-3, taking all three games in the 2024 Cowboy Maloney Series. The Blazers have now won the Maloney Series Trophy for five straight seasons and are 12-1 against the Majors over that stretch.

Belhaven got off to a quick start as Cole Fletcher led off the game with a solo home run, his third homer of the season. Millsaps took the lead in the bottom of the 3rd with a pair of runs that put the Blazers down 3-2.

The Green and Gold jumped back in front in the 5th on an RBI hit from Owen Abney and a run scored from Hunter Harrell on an errant Millsaps throw. From there, Belhaven would tack on three runs in the 6th with a pair scoring on a Tristan Pearson home run. To polish off the win, the Blazers added a run in the 8th and one in the 9th securing the rivalry win.

Notable Performances

Caleb Menard (W, 1-2): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 K
Cole Fletcher: 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Tristan Pearson: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R
Owen Abney: 3-4, RBI, R

The Blazers return to action on Friday as they travel to Lookout Mountain, Georgia to take on Covenant in a return to conference action.

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