SAVANNAH, Ga. — Needing two wins to reach their second NAIA World Series, Tiger baseball put a check mark on game one with a 10-0 victory over Point University.

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Jake Pannunzio showed signs of 2009 alum Bryan Fuller and pitched 11-straight innings going back to last night to move Campbellsville into the championship game. Fuller tossed 21-straight innings in 2009 to lead CU to its first NAIA Opening Round championship.

Today, Pannunzio tossed 8 1/3 innings and allowed only six hits while striking out a career-high 11 batters. He finished with 102 pitches before Justin Phillips came in to retire the final two batters.  

Miguel Solano continued his tear, picking up another three hits and is now 14-for-19 in his last five games. Nestor Linares also had two hits along with Richard Ramirez and Jacob Carrera, while Ramirez and Linares drove in two runs.

Campbellsville scored a pair of runs in the third, seventh and eighth innings but put the game out of reach with a four-spot in the sixth.

Casey Scott started the rally with a single and was moved to second base on a sac bunt by Carrera. Then Riley Joyce and Solano drove in the Tigers first two runs with a RBI singles.

In the sixth, CU brought 10 batters to plate picking up four runs on three hits. Solano reached on a walk and was followed with a single by Ramirez. Romello Carbuccia was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Diego Reynoso was also plunked to score a run. Linares then brought in two runs with a high-chopping single over the first baseman's head to put CU ahead 5-0. Scott capped off the rally with an RBI ground out to add-on to the Tigers lead, 6-0.

In the seventh, Solano put the Tigers on the bases with a double and scored on a Ramirez two-bagger. Carbuccia singled to put runners on the corners and Ramirez scored on a 6-4-3 double play by Reynoso.

CU brought six batters and plated two more runs in the eighth to go ahead 10-0. Solano delivered an RBI single and Ramirez score a run on a sac fly.

Campbellsville is in search for its second NAIA World Series appearance in history. The Tigers won the Lindenwood Bracket in 2009 to qualify for the World Series. Click HERE for photos when ESPN came to CU's campus to cover Bryan Fuller. Click here for video