Milligan College, Tenn. (March 14, 2010) --- The Milligan College Buff baseball team hit the diamond and spilt in two contests to AAC foe Tennessee Wesleyan at Anglin Field on Sunday afternoon. The Bulldogs came out on top 7-1 in the first contest and the Buffs evened the series with an 8-4 victory in the second game.  

The two squads were originally scheduled for a nine inning contest, but the schedule was switched to a double header after being rained out on Saturday afternoon. The nine inning contest will be played on Monday. 

In the first contest, Milligan fell short of the Bulldogs 7-1. At the plate, former Happy Valley star Ricky Morgan (Johnson City, Tenn.) was 2-for-2 and was the lone Buff runner to get on the board. Colin Duffie (Calhoun, Ga.) recorded the loss in five innings work.  

The second contest saw the Buffs hand Tennessee Wesleyan their first AAC loss as Milligan came out on top 8-4. Milligan built up a 5-1 lead at the end of the third, and tacked on three more runs in the sixth to secure the victory. 

Eric Oxley (Ardmore, Tenn.), Andrew Sims (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Randy Rabon (York, S.C.) were all 2-for-3 from the plate while Kendall Williams (Dillion, S.C.) had three RBIs. 

Shawn Ray (York, S.C.) recorded the victory for Milligan with 5.2 innings of work. Ray allowed seven hits and four runs in 24 batters faced.   

Milligan moves to 10-7 overall and 3-2 in the AAC while Tennessee Wesleyan moves to 17-6 and to 4-1 in conference play. 

The Buffs return to action on Monday for the makeup game with Tennessee Wesleyan with first pitch set for 2:00 p.m.