Mid-South Conference Baseball: Day Two Recap

Baseball | Fri, May 6, 2022 at 10:45 PM

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The top-two seeds began postseason play with wins today during the second day of the 2022 Mid-South Conference Baseball Tournament at Bowling Green Ballpark.

The weather once again played havoc, as only the two winner’s bracket games were completed on Friday — half of the scheduled four games. Saturday features a full slate with four games, including three elimination games.

Top-seeded and regular-season champion Freed-Hardman (Tenn.) opened the day with an 11-4 win over fourth-seeded Bethel (Tenn.) In the nightcap, second-seeded Cumberlands (Ky.) shut out third-seeded Georgetown (Ky.) 10-0 in eight innings on the strength of Hunter Rigsby’s

complete-game win.

Bethel faces sixth-seeded Cumberland (Tenn.) in Saturday’s opener at 9 a.m. CT in the first elimination game. Georgetown meets fifth-seeded Campbellsville (Ky.) at 12:30 p.m. in another elimination game, Freed-Hardeman and Cumberlands plays at 4 p.m. CT with the winner advancing to Sunday’s championship game. In the nightcap, Saturday’s winners of the elimination games meet in the final elimination game of the day.

Freed-Hardeman vs. Bethel

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Freed-Hardeman (34-13) scored eight times in the first two innings and never looked back in the 11-4 win. While the Lions’ bats were in postseason form, Colton Huntt overcame a rocky start on the mound to help Freed-Hardeman advance in the winner’s bracket.

Huntt allowed four runs — three in the first two innings — on nine hits over 7-2/3 innings. He struck out eight batters en route to improving to 8-4 on the season.

Seven different Lions provided multi-hit games to help Freed-Hardeman outhit the Wildcats (18-23) 16-9. Kent Rooklin led the charge with three hits while William Kelley, Ryan Stark, and Mason Libla all drove home two runs each.

Cumberlands vs. Georgetown

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Rigsby struck out 11 while scattering five hits in the shutout to help Cumberlands (41-13) to a 10-0 win.

While Rigsby was rolling the Cumberlands offense produced 14 hits, led by Andres Rolon’s 3-for-3 night at the plate. He added a run and two RBIs in the win.

Rolon was one of five Patriots to record at least two hits. The first four batters in the Patriots’ lineup combined to go 8-for-15 with a homer and five RBIs. Carlos Muniz ended the game with a pair of hits — including his team-leading 18th home run of the year — and four RBIs.