LEBANON, Tenn.--Cumberland Baseball split the doubleheader with Tennessee Southern as the Firehawks won game one 15-11, but the Phoenix regrouped for a 10-5 win in game two. 

Cumberland (29-11-1, 19-5 MSC) now needs some help tomorrow in order to clinch a regular season conference championship. The Phoenix need to pull out a win while the University of the Cumberlands need to lose one game against Pikeville to claim the title.

Game one was all Firehawks in the first three innings as Tennessee Southern chased started Ethan Torres in the third after he gave up nine hits and seven runs. Blake Birdsong and Janzen Powell each hit homers during the stretch for UTS. 

Trailing 7-1 in the bottom of the third Cole Turney blasted an opposite field home run to cut into the deficit to make it 7-3. Cumberland pushed across another run in the fourth as Xavier Torres scored after he led off the inning with a triple to make it 7-4. 

Birdsong belted his second home run of the game in the fifth to push it back to four run lead, but in the bottom half the Phoenix answered with six runs to take the lead. Tyner Hughes hit a two-run shot to left field. Torres doubled home a run, Chewy Sanders scored on a wild pitch before Juan Moreno hit an RBI-single to plate Torres. Ian Krump came in to score on another wild pitch to push the lead to 10-8 in favor of Cumberland. 

Tim Holyk added an RBI sacrifice fly in the sixth to give Cumberland a three-run lead with three outs to get, but it was all Firehawks in the seventh. Birdsong led off with his third home run of the game. Landon Rogers doubled home two to tie it. A fielder's choice RBI scored another run and Coleman Siniard hit a clutch two-RBI single to push it to 15-11. 

Cumberland threatened in the bottom half, but Birdsong came in with two runners on to pick up the save for Tennessee Southern. 

In the second game, Rogers launched a ball for a solo shot to put the Firehawks up 1-0 in the first. 

Cumberland scored one run in the second as Santrel Farmer drew a bases loaded free pass to tie the game. 

Powell hit a solo shot in the third for Tennessee Southern and Hughes scored Turney on a sac fly to left for a 2-2 game after three.

Cumberland launched three homers in the fourth to take control of the game. Torres hit his fourth of the season to lead off the inning. Turney played a run on an RBI fielder's choice which set up a three-run homer for Hughes, his second of the day and 16th of the season. Sanders went back-to-back with Hughes as he took a pitch over the right field wall for a 8-2 lead. 

Cumberland added to the lead in the fifth as Krump hit a sacrifice fly to score Santrel Farmer. 

Tennessee Southern scored two in the seventh and one in the eighth to chip away at the lead. 

Turney hit his second big fly of the day to right center field and his 25th of the season to close out the win 10-5. 

Mitch Rogers was fantastic on the mound going seven innings for the win to improve his record to 5-3. He gave up just six hits and four runs with nine strikeouts in the game. Will Caro and Matthew Jenkinson each threw one scoreless inning in the eighth and ninth to lock it down. 

Cumberland and Tennessee Southern will play the rubber match tomorrow at noon. Senior day festivities are to take place following the conclusion of the game.