Box Score CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - A complete-game shutout by Ryan Richardson helped Campbellsville University make short order of the University of Virginia's College at Wise, 10-0, to push the Tigers into a Thursday night meeting with Georgetown College in the winner's bracket at Tiger Field.


 

Richardson gave up only four hits and no walks in the win, while striking out three. He collected the bulk of his run support from the middle of Campbellsville's batting order with Michael Durham (2-for-3), Rylan Chin (3-for-4) and Craig Edwards (2-for-2) combining for seven of the Tigers' 11 hits, five RBIs and three runs scored.

CU used back-to-back bunts in the second inning to load the bases after leadoff walk by Gibby Briones (1-for-2). Briones stayed alive on the first bunt opportunity with a wild throw to second. An Edwards sac fly and ground out by Brandon Johnson drove in two unearned runs to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.

Wise starting pitcher Ryan Crosby entered the game needing one strikeout to break the program's single-season K's record. He fanned Chance Kopacz for strikeout No. 90 on the year and the second out of the third inning before the Tigers strung together four singles to score three runs.

After Crosby pitched out of the jam, Josh Guizer took over for Wise in the fourth and allowed an unearned run, stretching the Tigers' lead, 7-0.

Keaton Neeb reached on an error to start the fourth and courtesy runner Levi McCamish scored on an uncontested delayed steal at home.

After two scoreless innings, the Tigers reached the mercy rule in the seventh with a pinch-hit RBI single from Ryan Squires and a two-RBI hit from Tanner Nielsen.

Campbellsville (35-14) will meet Georgetown College (42-9) in the night cap at 8 p.m. EDT at Tiger Field. Georgetown defeated University of the Cumberlands to start the day at CU, 5-0.

Four teams played their games Thursday at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Ky. Eighth-seed University of Rio Grande defeated top-seed Lindsey Wilson, 6-3, with a three-run walk off homer in the first game, followed by a 12-4 win by fifth-seed Shawnee State University of fourth-seed St. Catharine College. Rio and Shawnee will play at 8 p.m. EDT Thursday in Columbia, Ky.

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