LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.--No. 3 Georgia Gwinnett swings their way to a 16-4 win over Cumberland to open up the weekend series. 

Cumberland (17-14) was held to just three hits against the 3rd-ranked Grizzlies. Javy Beal belted a solo shot for Cumberland while CU added three runs in the seventh before the run rule was in effect. 

The Grizzlies sent nine batters to plate in the first as the game started with a bang. Blaze O'Saban hit a triple followed by a double from Braxton Meguiar. Jackson Cobb plated Meguiar with a sacrifice fly and Bryce Lesher singled in two more for a 4-0 lead. 

In the third, Georgia Gwinnett added four more runs. Caden Smith doubled home Cobb to start it. With two on, Lesher again hit a single to left. Cumberland had the run hung up to dry going to the plate, but the throw hit him in the back of the helmet and shot away allowing two runs to score. Lesher would later score to make it an 8-0 lead. 

The Phoenix got their first run of the game on a Javy Beal solo home run off the scoreboard in right center. The Grizzlies matched it by manufacturing a run in the bottom half. 

Georgia Gwinnett went on to score seven runs on five hits in the sixth. Cumberland would get three back in the seventh, two on an Ian Krump double down the line, but the Grizzlies would hold on for a 16-4 win. 

These same two teams will finish out the series tomorrow with a doubleheader at noon central time.