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Williamsburg, KY - Behind two homeruns from Bryan Leef, the Patriots competed a two-game sweep of the Cincinnati-Clermont Cougars on Sunday at Doyle Buhl Stadium. Cumberlands used solid pitching to take game one 2-1, and explosive offense to win game two by a score of 16-3. The pair of wins improves UC to a 43-6 record on the season. 
 
In the second game of the day, Leef notched two homers, giving him a total of 22 on the season and 51 for his career. Leef has now passed Bryan Benz and Dax O'Daniel for most homeruns in a single season in Patriots History. 
 
Garrett Vathroder pitched two strong innings in game one and picked up the win. The right-handed pitcher secured four strikeouts while giving up just one hit. In game two, Thomas Gutierrez tallied five strikeouts while improving to 10-0 on the season as he held the cougars to just four hits over four innings of work. 
 
In game two, Over Torres notched a monster grand-slam to center field. For the senior Torres, the homerun was his seventh of the season and gives him 32 RBI on the year.
 
Game One: Cumberlands wins, 2-1
Neither side could plate a run through the first frame. In the second inning, Cincinnati-Clermont got on the board first. Following a stolen base and a wild pitch, the Cougars found themselves with a runner on third base. A Patriots balk would score the runner from third and give CC the 1-0 lead.
 
Cumberlands answered quickly in the bottom of the third. Rolondo Rodriguez got the inning started with a single to center and was replaced by Kevin Perez. Perez was able to advance to second base after a deep flyout to right-center field. Now in scoring position, Perez scored off an RBI single from Ray Villanueva to tie the game at 1-1. 
 
In the fifth inning, Jacob Ayala took the mound in relief of Colton Easterwood. Ayala notched three strikeouts to retire the side and keep the game tied. 
 
In the bottom of the sixth, UC took control. Villanueva started the run with a single to left. After a drop third strike to Leef, Villanueva found himself on third base. During the next at-bat, Jose Rojas singled to right field to easily score Villanueva and give the Patriots a 2-1 lead heading to the seventh. Vathroder put the Cougars down 1-2-3 in the seventh to secure the win for Cumberlands. 
 
Game Two: Cumberlands wins, 16-3
The Patriots wasted no time getting the lead in game two. In the bottom of the first inning, Torres reached on a walk and ended up at second base after a wild throw. Rojas stepped into the batter's box and delivered an RBI single down the left-field line to score Torres and give UC the lead. 
 
After Gutierrez notched 1-2-3 inning in the top of the second, the Patriots blew the game open in the bottom half of the frame. Following hits from Brian Garcia and Pedro Nazario, Cumberlands had runners on second and third. During the next at-bat, Garcia would score from third after Rhett Gipe reached on an error. After a walk to Kevin Rolon, the Patriots had bases loaded. UC took a 4-0 lead thanks to back-to-back bases loaded walks from Cincinnati-Clermont. Leef then slapped a single to right to score Rolon and move Torres over to third. Still with just one out in the inning, Rojas grounded out up the middle to score Torres and give Cumberlands a 6-0 advantage. 
 
In the bottom of the third, Gipe tallied his second RBI of the game as he struck a single to left field to score Garcia from third. After the Cougars added two runs in the top of the fourth, UC answered back quickly in the bottom of the frame. Torres reached first after he singled to right-center field. Leef stepped into the box and launched a laser two-run homerun over the left-field fence to give the Pats a 9-2 lead. Following an error and a single from Candido Encarnacion, Rojas was on third base. Nazario hit a deep sacrifice fly to deep centerfield to score a tagging Rojas and extend Cumberlands lead. 
 
UC added to their lead in the fifth and sixth innings. In the bottom of the fifth, Leef hit a sac-fly to score Rolon. In the sixth, Jared Kilgore got the crowd on their feet as he punched the ball down the left-field line for a double. After a walk and a single, Cumberlands had the bases loaded for Torres. On a 2-1 count, the senior sent an absolute missile over the centerfield fence to give UC a 15-2 lead. During the next at-bat, Leef notched back-to-back homers as he sent the ball over the left-field fence. 
 
Both Wyatt Wade and Rollin Layton pitched in the bottom of the seventh to secure a 16-3 win for the Patriots. 
 
Up Next
The Patriots will head to Bowling Green, KY on Friday for the Mid-South Conference Tournament. Cumberlands will face the winner of Lindsey Wilson and Bethel. The game will be played on Friday, May 7, with first pitch at 9 AM.
 
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