MASON, Ohio — It took four innings but the bats heated up and Campbellsville scored 13 unanswered runs to down Alice Lloyd College in the third NCCAA World Series Pool Play game, 13-4.
 
Malik Evans had one hiccup on the day, allowing four runs in the second inning for the Eagles but was fantastic after that. He went seven innings, allowed six hits and four runs to pick up his fifth win of the year.
 
At the plate, it was the middle of the order doing the damage. Romello Carbuccia and Carlos Garmendia each had three hits in the third and fourth spot in the batting order, while Clay Valenzuela-Reece, Shane Stober and David Montoya had two hits apiece. Carbuccia and Montoya each drove in three runs for CU as well.
 
With the victory, fifth-seeded CU (38-21) is now perfect through pool and will face top-seeded Oklahoma Baptist tonight at approximately 8 p.m. ET. Coverage starts on the CU Sports Network at 7:50 (or 10 minutes before first pitch if the games are running behind). OBU is currently 2-0 in pool play and takes on Bluefield College today at 2 p.m.
 
In game three for the Tigers, CU scored the four unanswered runs after Evans got into trouble in the second. It was a one-out single starting the rally and Evans allowed two more singles and three hit-by-pitches to score four runs. But that was all he allowed in his seven innings on the hill.
 
At the plate, it was a one-out walk to Garmendia starting the rally in the fourth inning. CU scored three runs in the fourth after taking advantage of three errors and only compiling one single – an RBI single by Diego Reynoso.
 
The Tigers tied the game at four in the fifth with another a two-out RBI single by Montoya.
 
In the sixth, CU opened the flood gates in a big way. Jake Weaver (0-6) allowed five two-out runs and it all started with a two-out walk to Valenzuela-Reece. He stole second base and Carbuccia drove him in for the go-ahead run.
 
Cu also picked up another single and a pair of run-scoring triples by Garmendia and Montoya. Garmendia finished the day with a single, double and triple – only a home run shy of the cycle.
 
Reliever Payton Buford lasted only a third of inning, allowing seven runs overall. In the seventh, the Tigers used three consecutive doubles by Carbuccia, Garmendia and Hamilton to plate for more to take the nine-run lead.
 
Ray Fernandez pitched the final two scoreless innings for CU.