Bears rout Knights 14‑7 behind Allen’s big game
LOUISVILLE (Interstat) — Central Arkansas defeated Bellarmine 14-7 on Saturday at Knights Field in an ASUN game. The Bears collected 18 hits, while the Knights had eight. Zeb Allen went 3 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs. Casey Shipley also homered and drove in three runs, and Mark Ross added a homer and three RBIs. Jake Jones pitched five innings, allowing three earned runs but no hits, striking out two. Silas Cowgill threw two scoreless innings with two strikeouts, and Kannon Nesslage pitched two innings, allowing one earned run with three strikeouts. For Bellarmine, Landon Akers had two hits and an RBI. Central Arkansas built a 14-0 lead through seven innings, powered by a five-run second and a four-run seventh. The Knights scored seven unanswered runs from the fourth to eighth innings, but Allen’s two-run homer in the ninth sealed the win. Central Arkansas improved to 25-19, while Bellarmine fell to 17-25.