[Baseball] Patriots Closeout A Historic Season In A Heartbreaker Against The Bulldogs

Story Courtesy of Cumberlands Sports Information

Kingsport, TN- Patriots fought hard to the end but fell short to Tennessee Wesleyan 7-5 in the NAIA Opening Round Championship Game. As this historic season comes to close the Patriots won 46 games, that makes it the third time Cumberlands won 46 games in a season. Also, Head Coach Brad Shelton is now at 950 career wins.

Garrett DeClue got the start on the mound and pitched 2.2 innings giving up seven hits for four runs, two walks and a strikeout. All four runs came in the fourth inning. Jake Kmiecik came in relief and pitched 1.2 innings only allowing two hits for two runs, only one of his runs was earned. Chipper Korbacher closed out the game as he pitched 3.2 innings giving up two hits and one run with two walks and two strikeouts.