LEBANON, Tenn. – Chad Burrows tossed seven strong innings and Bryan College scored four times in the first two innings, including a two-run homer from Kevin Roberts, en route to a 9-2 victory over Cumberland in baseball action Wednesday afternoon at Ernest L. Stockton Field-Woody Hunt Stadium.

The loss ended a season-high five-game winning streak for the Bulldogs (13-22), who managed just six hits and had 10 total baserunners in the contest. Chris Jeffries and Langston Calhoun each collected three hits and Preston King drove in three runs for the Lions (29-13), who won both meetings with CU this season.

Burrows (5-3) allowed two runs on five hits with three walks and seven strikeouts in seven innings. The righthander worked around baserunners in every inning but one, but just three runners got as far as second base.

Stephen Fischer (2-6) suffered the loss, giving up four runs on four hits in 1.1 innings. Andrew Woodfin tossed a career-long seven innings of relief, allowing four runs on five hits.

Stiles posted three of Cumberland’s six hits in the game and drove in both of the team’s runs.

Bryan started quickly, with Jeffries drawing a leadoff walk and scoring on the two-run homer by Roberts that got up into the wind and carried out in deep rightcenter.

Stiles led off the bottom of the first with a solo homer down the leftfield line, cutting the deficit in half.

In the second Garrison Price was hit and Joey Underwood singled before a bunt by Jeffries. Stiles was late getting to the bag and Ryan Simmons’ throw sailed down the line and out of play, allowing a run to score and putting runners on second and third with no outs. King’s sacrifice fly made it 4-1 Lions after an inning-and-a-half.

King reached on an error with one out in the fourth for Bryan and scored on Calhoun’s two-out single to right, extending the lead to 5-1.

Cumberland got a run back in the fifth when Jarrett Plunkett singled with two outs, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Stiles’ single down the leftfield line, but he was thrown out trying to stretch it to a double by King.

The Lions expanded the lead with runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.

Kelvin McMiller led off the seventh with a double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Cody Rhinehart and scored on Andrew Urbistondo’s sac fly.
Jeffries started the eighth with a triple and King posted his second sac fly of the game for a 7-2 lead.

In the ninth Crandon Wallace walked with one out and stole second before an RBI single by Price. Underwood and Jeffries also singled, loading the bases, and King’s third sacrifice fly of the contest plated the final run of the game.

Cumberland hosts Lindsey Wilson in a three-game series this weekend, with the series shifted to Saturday-Sunday before of the forecast. Saturday’s doubleheader begins at 1 p.m. and Sunday’s single game is also at 1 p.m.