COLUMBIA, Ky.--Lindsey Wilson entered the seventh trailing by three, but a three-run home run tied the game before the Blue Raiders exploded for six runs in the eighth to take the finale, 13-7. 

Cumberland (28-10-1, 18-4 MSC) made their road to a conference championship a bit harder with the loss as the Phoenix will now need a sweep over Tennessee Southern to assure the Regular Season Mid-South Conference Championship and a bid to the NAIA National Tournament. 

The Phoenix started the game off well and had a good outing from Reid Madariaga. He went 5.1 innings giving up eight hits with just two earned runs. He struck out eight. The Blue Raiders were able to do most of their damage to the Phoenix relievers as Mitch Rogers suffered the loss in the game going 1.2 innings giving up five runs. 

Tim Holyk hit two home runs in the game putting him at 11 on the season while Cole Turney went 2-for-5 and blasted his NAIA-leading 23rd of the season. Chewy Sanders and Tyner Hughes each collected two hits. The Phoenix used 15 different position players in the game as Hughes played four positions in the field. 

Holyk hit his first homer of the game in the second inning to plate two and give CU a 2-0 lead. 

In the fourth, Sanders led off with a single and after moving up a base came in to score when the Blue Raiders second baseman Matthew Schultz threw the ball away. Schultz made up for the mistake in the bottom half with an RBI-single for a 3-1 Phoenix lead after four. 

In the fifth, Turney cranked a moonshot to right field to push the lead back out to three, but again Lindsey answered in the bottom half, 4-2 Phoenix.

Cumberland scored three in the sixth as Holyk hit his second home run of the game. Dylan Forbes knocked in Ian Krump on an RBI-single to right and Trent Duchsherer followed with a single up the middle to score Forbes. Chance Stayton hit a two-run double as Lindsey Wilson continued to fight back, 7-4 going to the seventh. 

After a scoreless half inning for Cumberland, the Blue Raiders tied it on a three-run home run from Thorne Gray and the wheels fell off as Lindsey added six more in the eighth powered by two more homers for the 13-7 final score. 

Cumberland will be at home next weekend against Tennessee Southern starting on Friday.