LEBANON, Tenn. – Indiana Wesleyan University baseball had their five-game win streak snapped on Friday with a 5-3 loss at Cumberland (Tenn.). Brady West and Parker Johnson each had two hits while Eric Wentz drove in a pair for the Wildcats.

GAME VITALS

• Score:  Cumberland def. Indiana Wesleyan, 5-3
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 7-3   |   Cumberland 10-5
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan – Not ranked   |   Cumberland – Not ranked
• Location:   Ernest L. Stockton Field   |   Cumberland University   |   Lebanon, Tennessee
   

GAME STATS

• SP Jon Young:  4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, K
• RP Kyle Hall:  L (1-1), 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 3 K
• 1B Brady West:  2-for-4, R
• CF Eric Wentz:  1-for-4, 2 RBI
• LF Parker Johnson:  2-for-4
   

GAME RECAP

• Andrew Breytenbach put Indiana Wesleyan ahead with a 1-0 lead in the 4th inning on an RBI fielder’s choice. Cumberland responded with a pair of runs in the home half of the 4th for a 2-1 lead.
• IWU recaptured the lead in the 6th on an Eric Wentz two run single for a 3-2 lead. Again, CU answered in the home half of the inning with three runs for the 5-3 advantage. The big hit for CU was a 3-run home run by Nick Mira.
   

NEXT TIME OUT

• Indiana Wesleyan and Cumberland close out a three game series on Saturday with a doubleheader in Lebanon, Tennessee.