LEBANON, Tenn.-- Cumberland baseball cranked five home runs in their 9-5 win over the No. 2 ranked Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs. This win gave the Phoenix their first win over Tennessee Wesleyan since the 2016 season.

Cumberland (18-5-1) continued to hit the ball well, collecting 11 hits with five long balls. The Phoenix now have the second most home runs in the NAIA with 62.

Dee Triplett had a day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run and two rbi's. Cole Turney added to his nation-leading home run total with two more home runs in the game.

The Phoenix jumped on the board first after Triplett ripped a single to left-center driving in Santrel Farmer from second. Cumberland added two more runs in the second inning when Juan Moreno sent an RBI triple to the left-center wall and was later brought in on a wild pitch, giving the Phoenix a 3-0 lead.

Cumberland continued to stretch their lead in the third inning with back-to-back home runs by Turney and Triplett to go up 5-0 over the Bulldogs.

Tennessee Wesleyan found themselves with bases loaded and nobody out in the top of the fourth to give the Phoenix their first real scare. Junior right-hander Ryan Calvert was able to work himself out of the jam while only surrendering one run in the inning.

Juan Moreno helped the Phoenix get their run back in a hurry with a two-out solo home run that cleared the left-center field wall for a 6-1 lead after four.

Turney stepped into the box in the fifth inning and showed his opposite field power, blasting his second home run of the day. The damage was not done in the inning as Tim Holyk hit a two-run home run for Cumberland's fifth home run of the game, stretching their lead to 9-1.

Calvert cruised through the sixth inning but was forced out of the game in the seventh inning on an RBI single to center field from the Bulldogs. Dillon Bland came on to pitch next for the Phoenix and gave up a three run home run to the first batter he faced. He was able to recover from the long ball and get out of the inning with a 9-5 Cumberland lead.

Tennessee Wesleyan could not get anything else going the rest of the way as Bland shut them down in the eighth and Ethan Torres closed the door in the ninth, giving the Phoenix the 9-5 win.

Cumberland will be back in action Saturday, March 25 as they take on Bethel University in a Mid-South Conference doubleheader.