Murray State Edges Bellarmine in 10 innings to Continue Series Dominance

Tuesday, April 7

Louisville, KY

2 p.m.

Murray State

20-12

Bellarmine

13-18

Murray St.

Bellarmine

Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics

Murray State Edges Bellarmine in 10 innings to Continue Series Dominance

4/7/2026 6:36:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Sam Rhodes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Murray State defeated Bellarmine 8-7 in 10 innings in a tightly contested midweek matchup on the road, continuing their all-time series dominance and moving to 6-0 when playing the Knights.

Today's contest was the closest scoring game in series history between the two programs, along with the lowest run total for MSU.

With a committee of seven arms taking the mound today for Murray State (21-12, 7-2 MVC, Ben Rosin closed it out, tossing 2.2 scoreless innings to secure his first win on the mound as a Racer, moving to 1-0 on the season.

Connor Chisolm started the day with a solo home run on the fourth pitch of the game, his fifth of the year. Chisolm's homer was one of three extra-base hits for the Racers, with Daylan Pena knocking a single, and Parker Airhart hitting the first triple of his collegiate career.

Chisolm was one of three Racers with multiple RBI in today's contest, with Parker Airhart and Colby Ott joining him.

In his first game back on defense, Conner Cunningham made an immediate impact, turning three double plays on the day.

How it Happened

Chisolm got the Racers on the board immediately with his solo blast in the first. An inning later, Kainen Jorge singled and scored on an RBI double from Daylan Pena to double the lead. After the Knights cut into the margin with a home run in the third, Colby Ott extended the Racer lead back to two with an RBI single in the fourth.

Bellarmine fought back in the fifth, using an RBI single and a sacrifice fly to tie the game at three. Murray State reclaimed the advantage in the sixth when Parker Airhart drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and Chisolm added another on a sacrifice bunt to make it 5-3.

The lead was short lived as the Knights put up four runs in the seventh to take their first lead of the afternoon. Trailing by two in the eighth, the Racers responded when Airhart tripled to right field to score Jackson McCoy. Ott then tied the game at seven with a sacrifice fly to right.

After a scoreless ninth, Luke Mistone reached on a one out single in the 10th. Mistone later crossed the plate for the winning run when the Knights committed an error on a ground ball off the bat of Conner Cunningham. Ben Rosin worked around a leadoff single in the bottom half of the frame, inducing a game ending double play to secure the victory.