Georgetown, KY – For the second time in three years, the Patriots go undefeated in Mid-South Conference play after winning the final two games of the series against Georgetown College. The Pats dominated game one, scoring a season high 17 runs, and completed the sweep with a back-and-forth game two win. Over the last three seasons, the Patriots are 62-1 against Mid-South opponents in the regular season.
 
Amber Gainer had an amazing day at the plate, going 7-8 with five RBIs and two doubles. Maliyah Wilkins added five hits, three doubles, and three RBIs while Emma McDonald added four hits and three RBIs over the two games as well. Bailey Turnbow and Amber Atkins homered in the first game, Turnbow doing so with the bases loaded to finish with four runs batted in.
 
In the Circle, Jessica Cord earned the win in game one and recorded her first save in the second game after Lindsey Shope won her 18^th game of the season. Cassidy Gentry came in for the final inning of work in game one, facing five batters and closing out the five-inning run rule.
 
Pats Offense Dominates in 17-0 Shutout
Gainer led off the game with a single but was stranded on second to end the top of the first. Cord then walked the Tigers leadoff before giving up a single to put runners on first and second. She got a ground out and then struck out the next batter for the second out of the inning before giving up a another single to load the bases. Cord then got another grounder to get out of the bases loaded jam to keep the game scoreless.
 
Neither team scored in the second, but that would change as the Patriots had the biggest inning of the season in the third. A. Gainer, Oliver and Wilkins loaded the bases before Turnbow launched a grand slam over the left field fence for the first four runs of the game. J. Gainer then reached on an error, followed by another homerun, this time from Atkins. White continued the streak with a single to left field followed by another error that saw Howell reach base. McDonald then delivered a two-RBI double to right center to make it 9-0. Oliver drew her second walk of the inning and scored a batter later off a double from Wilkins. J. Gainer singled to score another run after Oliver ran home on a wild pitch for the 12^th run of the inning. A single from Atkins and a walk from White loaded the bases, followed by a walk from Howell for an RBI. A. Gainer then cleared the bases with a three-run triple to cap off the 16-run inning.
 
Cord came back out for the third and recorded three straight outs after walking the first batter. Wilkins then led off the top of the fourth with a double and advanced to third after a single from Ryann Livingston. Neither runner scored as the Pats left runners on the corners heading into the bottom of the fourth. Cord delivered another scoreless inning to keep UC's lead at 16.
 
The Patriots added one more run in the fifth as Kaysee Dale got on to start the inning. She advanced to second on a wild pitch before Logan Riley drew a walk. Lindsey Shope then earned her first ever hit as a Patriot to load the bases for Cassidy Gentry, who put the ball in play to score Dale from third and put UC ahead by 17. Gentry then came in to pitch the final inning and did not allow a run as the Pats took the five inning 17-0 run-rule victory.
 
Pats Sweep Tigers with Game Three Win
The Pats carried the momentum from the first game into the final game of the series as A. Gainer led off the top of the first with a double. McDonald then singled to move Gainer to third before Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to left to take an early one-run lead. Shope then delivered a three-up-three-down inning to keep the 1-0 lead through one.
 
J. Gainer led off the second with a single to left and stole second later in the inning, moving to third on a bad throw from the GC catcher. She could not score as the Tigers got out of the ja, to keep it a one-run game. GC then hit a two-run shot in the bottom half to take their first lead of the day.
 
Cumberlands answered right back as Gainer and McDonald continued their dominant day at the plate with back-to-back singles. Wilkins then added a single of her own to score Gainer from second before Turnbow bunted to score McDonald to give back the lead.
 
Shope delivered another three-batter inning in the third, but GC did not go away as they hit their second homer of the game in the fourth to go ahead 4-3. The Pats offense took no time to respond as McDonald led off the next inning with a walk and then stole second. Wilkins then earned her second RBI of the game with a double down the left field line to even things back at 4-4.
 
Georgetown continued to fight, hitting their third homerun of the game in the fifth to go back up one run. Once again, the Patriots did not back down, as they scored two runs in response take the lead right back. Johnson led off the sixth with a single and moved to second off a sacrifice bunt from White. She then tagged up to third off a flyout, and then scored from an A. Gainer double over the left fielder's head. Gainer then showed her speed, scoring from second on an infield hit from McDonald to take the 6-5 lead. Cord came in to pitch in the bottom half of the sixth and stranded a runner on second after striking out the final batter of the inning.
 
In the seventh, Johnson started a two-out rally with a single to left, then advanced to second after an error from the left fielder. She then scored off an RBI single from Livingston to give UC a two-run lead heading into the final frame.
 
Cord came back out for her final inning of work and earned a 5-4-3 double play for the first two outs of the inning. She then got the final batter to line out to Gainer at third to end the game and give the Pats the 7-5 win.
 
After a perfect MSC regular season, the Pats look to continue their dominance at the MSC Tournament later this week. Games will be played in Clarksville, TN with the Patriots taking the number one seed as they look for their second MSC Tournament title in three years.
 
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