BOWLING GREEN, Ky.--The Phoenix dropped their second game of the day to Freed-Hardeman to be eliminated from the Mid-South Conference Tournament. 

Cumberland (35-13-1) lost their second game of the day after leaving 12 runners on base and botching four balls in the field that led to three unearned runs. 

Dillon Bland was tagged with the loss after throwing 6.0+ innings of work scattering seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts. He allowed five runs, but just three were earned. 

Cumberland outhit Freed-Hardeman in the game with nine hits, but struck out nine times. The Lions played good defense and had a good outing from Luis Torres-Lopes in the pen to help them get the win. Torres-Lopes picked up the win going the final five innings allowing just three hits and one run on five strikeouts. 

Freed-Hardeman got on the board first as the Lions sparked a two-out rally. Will McCall hit a double down the line that Sanders fumbles allowing him to get to third and Zach Sanders brought him in with an RBI-single up the middle for a 1-0 lead. 

Sanders led off the second with a base knock and Farmer beat out an infield single to put two on with two outs. Dalton smacked a shot past a diving McCall at third base to bring in Sanders and tie the game at 1-1. 

In the bottom half, the first batter of the inning reached on an error and Bland issued a walk. A single through the left side loaded the bases with no one out. Bland induced a ground ball double play that scored a run and the next batter reached on error allowing a second run to cross to give Freed-Hardeman a 3-1 lead. 

Turney and Hughes both walked to start the third and Sanders was issued a free pass to load the bases. Holyk drove in a run with an RBI on a fielder’s choice. Krump walked to load the bases again, but the Lions got of the jam leaving three runners on base, 3-2 Lions through three. 

Dalton led off the fourth with a walk and moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. After moving up to third on a fly out, Hughes hit a clutch two-out single to bring him home. After Triplett walked, Sanders hit a clutch RBI-single through the right side to give Cumberland the lead through four at 4-3. 

William Kelley started the bottom of the fifth with a leadoff double down the line. He came around to score on a fielder’s choice to tie the game at 4-4. 

After a scoreless sixth, Bland issued a walk to start the seventh ending his outing. Mitch Rogers came out of the pen after throwing 106 pitches on Thursday and walked the first two batters ending his outing with the bases full. Ian Schilling checked in and induced a ground ball, but it was mishandled in the field, bringing a run home while everyone was safe. Zach Sanders then hit a sac fly to score another run while pinch runner Dawson Massengale came home on a passed ball for a three run inning and 7-4 lead through seven. 

Dalton roped a one-out triple off the top of the wall in right-center in the eighth and came in on a groundout by Moreno to chip away at the lead. 

Ethan Torres checked in and worked a scoreless eighth giving the Phoenix a chance tailing by two. Down to our last out, Holyk roped a single to right to put the tying run at the plate, but Torres-Looes fanned pinch-hitter Jacob Dukart to end the game and give the Lions a national tournament berth. 

Cumberland will have to wait until Thursday, May 11 at 4:00 p.m. to see if they will receive an At-Large berth to the NAIA National Tournament.