UPLAND, Ind.--Cumberland staves off elimination as the bats were clicking to beat Fisher 17-9 and advance to play tonight against Tennessee Wesleyan. 

The Phoenix (36-14-1) battled to keep the lead before busting the game open with nine runs in the sixth. Every Phoenix in the lineup scored a run in the game as they collected XX hits. The Phoenix swiped seven bags in the game to help set up 

Cole Turney went 2-for-4 with his 32nd home run of the season and two runs batted in. Trenton Duchsherer got the start behind the plate and stepped up for Cumberland, launching his first home run of the season and hitting a clutch double to score two. He went 2-for-3 with four RBIs. Dee Triplett and Juan Moreno also collected two hits a piece while Triplett drove in a pair and Moreno stole three bases. 

Trevor Muzzi picked up the win after throwing a scoreless fifth and sixth inning only facing seven batters and throwing 25 pitches. Reid Madariaga got the start and threw the first four innings giving up seven hits and six runs, but just three of them were earned. Will Caro threw the sixth, Kaleb Vaughn tossed the eighth, and Zavien Lindsey threw the ninth to get the Phoenix through the game. 

Cumberland took an early lead on a Turney two-run moonshot to right field for a 2-0 lead in the first. Hughes singled to left and then stole second base. Fisher centerfielder Coby Johnson robbed Dee Triplett of a home run, but Hughes was able to move up to third. He came in to score on a throwing error from the pitcher for a 3-0 lead after the first. 

The Falcons tied the game in the top of the second inning on a three-run homer to right-center from Yariel Salinas. 

To lead off the second inning, Duchsherer hit a solo bomb to left field to regain the lead 4-3 through two. 

In the fourth, the Falcons capitalized on a one-out error as Michael Stellato hit a two-out double to plate a run and put runners on second and third. Coby Johnson follows with a two-run single up the middle to give Fisher their first lead of the day at 6-3. 

The Phoenix answered in the bottom half as Duchsherer led off the inning with a walk and Santrel Farmer roped a double in the gap chasing the Falcons starter. The first pitch out of the pen for Angel Alicea got away from the catcher allowing courtesy runner Reid Bass to score. Hughes hit a sac fly in foul territory to plate Farmer and tie the game and Triplett hammered a double off the center field wall to give Cumberland the lead at 7-6. 

Trevor Muzzi relieved Madariaga in the fifth and worked a clean fifth and sixth to allow the bats to take a big lead.

Cumberland busted the game open in the sixth as Turney led off with a single and moved all the way around the bags on wild pitches and a passed ball to score. A hit by pitch to Hughes and three-straight walks scored him, giving Holyk an RBI-walk. Moreno singled in a run and Duchsherer drove a double to left to score a pair. With the infield in, Farmer laced a ball through the wickets of the shortstop to bring in Moreno. Dalton scored courtesy runner Bass on a sac fly and Farmer scored on a passed ball. Triplett scored the last run of the inning, scoring Hughes from first base with a double off the wall in center for a big 16-6 lead. 

Fisher scored two in the seventh, but Cumberland answered with a run. Moreno drew a free pass, stole second and third, and scored on a Duchsherer sacrifice fly for a 17-8 lead.

The Falcons tacked on a run in the eighth, but could not muster anymore as the Phoenix advanced with a 17-9 win. 

Cumberland will go toe-to-toe with in-state rival and No. 4 Tennessee Wesleyan to keep their season alive at 5:00 p.m. central time.