MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State won a back-and-forth game on Sunday afternoon with Anthony Perritano's walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning as Indiana State fell in the series finale at Johnny Reagan Field, 8-7.
Indiana State (28-23, 14-7) struck first with
Colin Sander's RBI sacrifice bunt in the top of the second inning, while Murray State (28-24, 13-8) countered with Connor Chisolm (two-run) and Kainen Jorge (solo) home runs in the third to take the lead.
The Sycamores tied the game up in the fifth as
Nomar Garcia (RBI grounder) and
Mason Roell (RBI single) made it a 3-3 contest, before Connor Chisolm homered for the second time with a two-run shot in the bottom of the fifth inning to put the Racers back up 5-3.
Nick Sutherlin answered for the Sycamores with a two-run home run to left field in the top of the sixth to even the game back up at 5-5.
The Racers scored twice in the bottom of the seventh on Kainen Jorge's RBI double and Daylan Pena's RBI single, while Indiana State answered on
Emil Estrella's RBI single and
Weston Fulk's RBI groundout to make it a 7-7 game.
Colby Morse (4-2) entered the game in the bottom of the eighth and shut down the Murray State offense in both the eighth and ninth innings, retiring six in a row before running into trouble in the bottom of the 10th.
Connor Cunningham reached on a one-out single in the bottom of the 10th. Cunningham was able to advance to second on Kris Hokenson's grounder, before coming around to score on Anthony Perritano's walk-off RBI single to left field to secure the series finale win for the Racers.
Caden Miller and
Nick Sutherlin both recorded two-hit games for the Sycamores on Sunday afternoon with Sutherlin connecting on his ninth home run of the 2026 season.
Weston Fulk added a double in the loss.
Colby Morse took the loss on the mound allowing three hits and a run while striking out three over 2.2 innings of relief work.
Spencer Johnsen worked the first 5.0 innings in the Sunday start, while
Owen Roberts pitched 2.0 innings in relief.
How They Scored
- Indiana State took the early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning as Colin Sander connected on a sacrifice bunt scoring Caden Miller on the play.
- Murray State went up 3-1 in the bottom of the third as Connor Chisolm connected on a two-run home run to right field and Kainen Jorge added a solo home run down the right field line to put the Racers up.
- The Sycamores tied the game up in the top of the fifth as Nomar Garcia connected on an RBI grounder scoring Weston Fulk, while Mason Roell followed with an RBI single scoring Colin Sander to make it a 3-3 game.
- Connor Chisolm connected on a two-run home run down the right field line in the bottom of the fifth inning to swing the advantage back to the Racers at 5-3.
- The Sycamores tied it back up in the top of the sixth as Nick Sutherlin connected on a two-run home run to left field scoring Caden Miller to make it a 5-5 game.
- Murray State scored two more runs in the bottom of the seventh as Kainen Jorge doubled home Connor Chisolm and Daylan Pena singled home Jorge to go up 7-5.
- The Sycamores evened it back up in the bottom of the eighth as Emil Estrella singled home Carter Beck and then Estrella came around to score on Weston Fulk's RBI grounder to make it a 7-7 game.
- Anthony Perritano connected on the walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning driving in Connor Cunningham to secure the 8-7 Murray State win.
News and Notes
- Carter Beck extended his on-base streak to 35 consecutive games following his 1-for-5 day at the plate with a run scored.
- Nick Sutherlin connected on his ninth home run of the 2026 season and first since April 17 at Wright State with his two-run shot in the sixth inning.
- Indiana State won its seventh consecutive Missouri Valley Conference weekend series with a 2-1 record after taking the first two against Murray State prior to Sunday's loss.
- The Sycamores have already clinched their spot in the 2026 Missouri Valley Baseball Championships and will return to Murray, Ky. and Johnny Reagan Field over May 20-23.
Up Next
Indiana State returns home to start a four-game home stand with a Tuesday night contest against Lindenwood. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. ET at Bob Warn Field and will be carried live on 105.5 The Legend.
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