BOWLING GREEN, Ky.--Cole Turney blasted his school-record 29th home run to give Cumberland the lead in the sixth and Dee Triplett put the icing on the cake with a grand slam in the seventh as Cumberland powered past Georgetown 12-9 in the opener. 

Cumberland (33-11-1) stays in the winner bracket and will take on the winner of Freed-Hardeman and Thomas More tomorrow. 

Mitch Rogers picked up the win on the mound improving to 7-3 on the season. Rogers went six innings working in and out of trouble. He gave up six hits, five runs, four earned with four punch outs. Ian Schilling recorded a nine-out save to hold off the Tigers in the win. 

Cumberland bopped three homers in the game as Tim Holyk started the scoring with a solo shot, Turney’s huge homer, and Triplett’s grand slam. Tyner Hughes went 3-for-5 with a double while Turney went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and Holyk went 2-for-5 with three RBIs.

Georgetown in the top of the first wasted no time capitalizing on a Phoenix miscue on the first play of the game. Rogers then issued back-to-back walks to load the bases, but he induced a tailor made double play ball and a groundout to hold the Tigers to just one run. 

Cumberland worked the bases full after Krump drew a walk, Hughes singles through the left side, and Triplett reached on an error, but Castillo got Sanders to hit into a fielder’s choice for the third out of the inning, 1-0 Tigers after one. 

Georgetown catcher Luke Lindamood drilled a solo shot to lead off the third and with two outs Hank Schinellar hit a two-run homer to expand the lead to 4-0 through three.

Holyk put Cumberland on the board with his 15th home run of the season to right field to lead off the fourth and ignite the Phoenix. Farmer and Moreno drew back-to-back walks and Turney came through with two outs with an RBI-single to right. Hughes followed with an RBI-single to left to make it a one run game, 4-3, through four.

The Tigers got a run back in the fifth as Schinellar delivered a two-out RBI-double in the gap to score Nick Lopez from first and give GC a two-run cushion again, 5-3.

In the sixth, Farmer beat out an error on the infield and Krump drew a walk to put two men on for Turney. On a 3-1 pitch, Turney hit a towering home run to right-center to not only give the Phoenix a 6-5 lead, but also break the single-season record in home runs with his 29th of the season and also chasing the starter from the game. The scoring didn’t stop there as Hughes roped a double and Triplett and Sanders each walked to set up a two-RBI single from Holyk for a five run inning and a 8-5 lead through six.

The Tigers pushed across two in the top of the seventh to cut it back to 8-7 game. 

In the bottom half, Farmer singled to lead off the inning and Krump was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second and Turney up. After both runners advanced on a wild pitch, the Tigers elected to intentionally walk Turney to load the bases for Hughes with one out. Georgetown got Hughes swing, but Triplett made them pay with a grand slam over right-center for a 12-7 lead through seven. Triplett’s 16th home run of the season. 

The Tigers added two more runs in the ninth as Payton Rios hit a two-run home run to make the final score 12-9. 

Cumberland will play the winner of 3-seed Freed-Hardeman and 4-seed Thomas More in the third game tomorrow. The time is fluid as the schedule has moved up with rain coming. Tenative time is 3:30 p.m.