LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Chris Gambert became the Bellarmine University baseball team's home run king Saturday, highlighting a doubleheader split with Lipscomb in ASUN action at Knights Field.

In the tail end of the twin bill, the senior outfielder/designated hitter smashed a pair of home runs — the historic shot and then a grand slam — in Bellarmine's 10-4 victory that followed a wild 9-8 loss in the first game.

Gambert surpassed Patrick Brady as the career home-run leader at Bellarmine (13-30, 8-16 ASUN) on Senior Day when he cranked a solo homer to left center in the fifth inning of the series finale against Lipscomb (17-25, 8-13), marking the 34th round-tripper of his Knights tenure. He then built on his new record in the sixth when he launched a grand slam to left, representing his 35th career homer and 10th of the season.

Junior shortstop Clayton Mehlbauer went 4-for-4 with three RBIs in the tail end. He opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first and closed it with a two-run single in the eighth, the latter halting Lipscomb's momentum after the Bisons had scored three times in the top of the inning to trail 8-4.

Freshman right-hander Nolan Pender (2-4) delivered a sterling start, allowing three hits and no earned runs with six strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched. Senior right-hander Anthony Ethington retired the side in order in the ninth behind a pair of strikeouts, including one to seal up the win.

Bellarmine racked up 12 hits in the finale. In addition to Mehlbauer's four-hit performance, Gambert had two hits as did senior third baseman Josh Finerty and junior right fielder Jacob Mulcahy.

As far as the first game, it was strange, bizarre, weird — pick your favorite word for unusual.

Bellarmine took a 7-2 lead in the fifth after senior catcher Alex Cleverly roped a two-run homer, but it could have been worse. In the fourth, junior outfielder Matt Higgins hit a would-be three-run homer, but it wound up being a two-run single. Higgins lifted a towering fly to right, but as he was watching to see if the drive would clear the fence while running to first, he passed up Gambert — who had gone back to first to potentially tag up. That resulted in Higgins being out and the home run negated, but he was credited with a single and two runs driven in.

The run that was essentially taken away on the play would prove critical. Lipscomb scored four runs in the seventh behind a three-run homer to get within 7-6. The Bisons tied it up in the ninth on an RBI double and took the lead on a passed ball after a called third strike, which allowed a run to score. A throw to first on the same play glanced off the would-be strikeout victim and allowed another runner to score, adding another layer to the odd sequence.

The inning ended with yet another rarity — a double play in which Bellarmine got a tag out at home after a grounder to the pitcher and then an unassisted tag out on the batter, who had pulled up lame while running and couldn't continue on to first, allowing the Knights to get the out without making another throw.

After all that craziness happened, more followed, as Bellarmine was still only about a foot away — and then inches away — from tying the game in the bottom half of the ninth. Freshman first baseman Davis Crane led off by swatting a solo homer to left center, his fourth of the season, to cut the deficit to 9-8. With one out, Mulcahy nearly delivered a game-tying home run, but his shot to left hit high off the wall for a double.

Bellarmine nearly tied the game there, and the Knights almost did again with two outs when the third baseman had to rise high to snag a line drive by freshman pinch hitter Tommy Dilz.

Among other things, the loss spoiled a strong start from senior right-hander Jacob Nagel, who allowed two runs on six hits with six strikeouts in 5.2 innings pitched.

Mulcahy was 3-for-4 in the opener while Cleverly collected three RBIs.

Bellarmine will play at 6 p.m. (ET) Tuesday at Eastern Kentucky.

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