LEBANON, Tenn.--Cumberland baseball gives up big innings to lose a late lead to Indiana Wesleyan in game two of the series, losing 11-7. 

Cumberland (2-2-1) got to the Indiana Wesleyan starting pitcher, scoring seven runs in the first four innings, but the Wildcats bullpen allowed just two hits and kept the Phoenix scoreless the final five frames. 

Juan Moreno and Chewy Sanders each had big days swinging the bat as Moreno went 4-for-4 with two runs scored. Sanders blasted a three-run homer and a double for four RBI in the contest. 

Starting pitcher Reid Madariaga tossed five innings giving up three runs, two earned, with five strikeouts in a no decision. Mitch Rogers got dubbed with the loss as he did not record an out in his outing giving up four runs in the seventh inning. 

The Phoenix put a dent in the scoreboard early as Moreno, with aggressive baserunning, scored from second base on a fielder's choice groundout. Two batters later after Dee Triplett walked, Sanders blasted his first home run of the season to left field for an early 4-0 lead for Cumberland. 

In the second, the Wildcats manufactured three runs as MJ Stavola scored on a groundout and two came in on a single from Lucas Goodin. 

The Phoenix got two of those runs back in the third as Sanders drew a bases loaded walk to score Moreno and Tim Holyk flew out to right to score Santrel Farmer on a sacrifice fly for a 6-3 lead. 

Cumberland would push one more across in the fourth as Tyner Hughes hit into a fielder’s choice groundout to score Ian Krump. 

After two scoreless innings, Rance Pittman checked out Madariaga in the sixth on the mound and gave up a triple and then a two-run home run to Nick Wiley. After a walk, Vaughn relieved Pittman, but that runner came across to score on another Goodin RBI single to make it a one-run game, 7-6 after six innings. 

In the eighth, Rogers entered in relief and walked the first two batters before giving up an RBI-single to Goodin, a perfectly placed bunt for a single that scored a run, and a third straight single through the right side to plate another run. Zavien Lindsey then entered and the Wildcats used a safety squeeze to make it 10-7. 

The Wildcats plated another run in the ninth on a wild pitch for the 11-7 final. 

Game three of the series will take place tomorrow at Woody Hunt Stadium. Game time was moved up an hour to noon central for first pitch.