Knoxville, TN – The No. 3 Patriots fell to Johnson, 2-1, in a road game on Wednesday afternoon. Cumberlands scored one run and collected three hits. The pitching staff combined for 13 strikeouts and held the Royals to four hits.

Jake Kmiecik started on the mound and moves to 4-1 on the season. He threw one strikeout across two innings, while allowing two runs off three hits. Entering in relief, Cooper Morgan tallied five strikeouts and allowed no hits or runs in two complete innings. Joe Bertram pitched one inning and recorded two strikeouts and no hits or runs. Kailen Hamson entered the game for one innings, tallying two strikeouts and giving up just one hit. Dustin Sprong threw the final two innings, striking out three batters and allowing no hits.

The left fielder, Christian Thompson finished 1-for-4 with an RBI single, to score the only Patriot run of the game. Ben Snapp batted 1-for-3, with a single to left. Also going 1-for-3, Johnboy Rittenhouse singled to left field.

Johnson was the first to score, plating both their runs off a sacrifice fly and an RBI single to lead 2-0, in the bottom of the first.

Cumberlands trimmed the deficit to 2-1, in the top of the third frame. The first batter of the inning, Ben Snapp, hit a single to left field to reach base. Clay Shelton followed with a fielder's choice, throwing Snapp out at second. Shelton advanced on a passed ball and was sent across the plate with an RBI single from Christian Thompson.

#3 UC Baseball will face Georgetown (RV) in a Mid-South Conference series, beginning on Friday April 26^th, at 2 p.m. in Georgetown, KY.

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