Murray State beats Duke, advances to first MCWS

DURHAM, N.C. -- Luke Mistone deed a go-ahead homer successful the eighth inning, Graham Kelham was coagulated successful different agelong alleviation appearance, and Murray State bushed Duke 5-4 connected Monday nighttime successful a winner-take-all title crippled astatine the Durham Super Regional to beforehand to the program's archetypal Men's College World Series.

Murray State (44-15) became the 4th No. 4 effect to beforehand to Omaha, Nebraska.

Duke (40-20) was seeking its archetypal quality successful the MCWS since 1961.

Jonathan Hogart deed his 2nd location tally of the crippled successful the seventh inning -- his 21st of the play -- into the conifer trees implicit the left-field partition to necktie it astatine 3.

Murray State retook the pb successful the eighth connected Mistone's leadoff changeable -- conscionable his 4th homer of the year. Then Dan Tauken's triple scored Will Vierling from archetypal for a 5-3 pb aft the shot caromed disconnected the partition toward halfway field.

Later successful the eighth, the Racers had the bases loaded with nary outs aft back-to-back walks but James Tallon struck retired 2 and got a groundout to extremity the threat.

Murray State appeared to triumph the crippled aft an interference telephone astatine 2nd base, but it was overturned aft an authoritative reappraisal to springiness Duke different chance. Kelham regrouped aft the solemnisation to get a groundout to archetypal to extremity it.

Kelham, who threw 43 pitches connected Sunday successful a three-inning save, struck retired 4 successful 2⅔ innings for his 4th triumph of the season.

Reid Easterly (9-3) took the nonaccomplishment aft allowing 2 earned runs successful 3 alleviation innings.