MILLIGAN COLLEGE, Tenn. (March 27, 2014) â€" All 13 Buffalo runs were scored in the last four frames as the Milligan College baseball team put together another huge middle-inning rally and beat Emory & Henry College 13-7 on a chilly Thursday evening at Anglin Field.
 
Milligan (15-9, 7-5 AAC) trailed 5-0 through four innings, but its offense came to life in the fifth. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Luke Kirk cleared the bases with a triple to deep right center to start a scoring outburst where the Buffs tied the game in the fifth and put it away in the sixth.
 
Brandon Malone followed with an RBI-groundout to make it 5-4, and Brett Mercurio tied the game with a two-out single three batters later. Mercurio's single drove in Hunter Carpenter who reached base on a single and moved to second on Edwin Soto's sacrifice bunt.
 
Corey McPherson gave Milligan the lead for good with a one-out triple to right in the sixth, scoring Sam Tarlton. Milligan scored three more runs in the inning as Kirk doubled and Malone and Carpenter singled.
 
Kirk finished the day 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, four RBI's, and two runs. McPherson went 4-for-5 with a walk, two RBI's, and two runs from the lead-off spot.
 
Milligan relief pitcher Hunter McDaniel, who kept Emory & Henry (8-13) scoreless on one hit across the fifth and sixth, was on record when McPherson's triple made it 6-5. McDaniel received his first decision and improved to 1-0.
 
Emory & Henry starting pitcher D.J. Russ gave up five runs (all earned) on seven hits and two walks in five innings but received no decision as he escaped the fifth without giving up the lead. Zack Hill managed to record one out in the sixth but gave up three earned runs (four total) en route to his first decision as well.
 
Milligan will begin two and a half weeks of road competition this weekend at Point University (15-17, 3-9 AAC) in West Point, Ga. The Buffs return home April 12-13 for a three-game set with Tennessee Wesleyan College.