Box Score NEW ALBANY, Ind.-- Cumberland baseball wraps up their regular season with a 17-4 loss to No. 20 IU-Southeast on the road. The Phoenix and Grenadiers split the season series with the Grenadiers beating them in late February in Lebanon.
The Phoenix jump on the scoreboard first as Pablo Custodio roped a double into the right-field corner. Tyler Jones knocked in courtesy-runner Corey Perkins with a base knock to give the Phoenix a first-inning lead.
IU-Southeast answered in the bottom half of the inning as Brody Tanksley hit an RBI double followed by a single from Marco Romero to bring in Matt Monahan. Ben Berenda hit a sacrifice fly to score Tanksley and give the Grenadiers a 3-1 lead after one.
The Grenadiers added six runs in the second inning as Cumberland trotted out three different arms in the frame to take a 9-1 lead.
Cumberland got two back in the third with a chance to score more Andrew Martinez hit a triple in the gap and Tyler Stokes followed it with a double. Custodio hit a single and Jones was hit by a pitch to load the bases. A misplayed groundball off the bat of Jose Vera scored Stokes, but Cumberland left the bases full after a strikeout and groundout.
The Grenadiers answered with one run in the bottom of the third and scored two in the fourth. Stokes hit a solo home run in the fifth to cut the lead to 12-4.
IU-Southeast responded with three runs in the fifth and added two more in the sixth for a 17-4 loss.
Cumberland will begin postseason play this weekend on the road against Bethel in a best 2-of-3 series.