[Baseball] Patriots Take The First Game Of The NAIA Tournament

Story Courtesy of Cumberlands Sports Information
Kingsport, TN- Patriots take care of business in their first game at the NAIA Opening Round against Warner, winning 4-2 in a pitchers dual. Big relief performances from Jake Kmiecik and Garrett DeClue notched the Pats their 44th win of the season.

Hunter Rigsby got the start and only pitched 1.0 innings. Kmiecik came in relief early to record the win as he pitched 5.0 innings scattering one run on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks. DeClue closed out the game pitching 3.0 innings while only allowing one hit with two strikeouts for his first save on the season.