Game Recaps
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One to Go: Friday Results Leave Many Seeding Possibilities Going into Season’s Final Day
UIC, UE, Murray State All Could be the 2-Seed Wins by Evansville, Murray State, and Illinois State on Friday set up what could be a chaotic final day of the regular season in the Missouri Valley Conference, as 3 teams have a shot at the 2nd overall seed in the Valley tournament, while UIC is… Continue reading
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UIC Rallies Past UE to Go 2nd Alone
Streaking Murray State Beats Bradley, Level with Purple Aces Down 4-2 in the top of the 9th inning, the UIC Flames rallied for 2 runs to tie its game at Evansville and send it into extra innings, where in the 10th, Jackson Bessette doubled in Zane Zielinski with the eventual winning run as the Flames… Continue reading
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SIU Clobbers Bellarmine in Final Mid-Week Tune Up
Salukis Score 9 in Middle Innings to Earn 30th Win Up 3-1 entering the bottom of the 4th inning Tuesday night in Carbondale, the Southern Illinois Salukis scored 4 times to take the lead, then added 5 more in the 5th to take a 12-1 lead and overwhelm visiting Bellarmine, 14-8. Three Salukis (30-23, 11-13)… Continue reading
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The Monday 9: We Know Who’s #1 … After That, It’s Complicated
Indiana State Again Top-Seed for Valley Tournament After taking 2 out of 3 over visiting Evansville this weekend, the Indiana State Sycamores have won the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season crown for the 2nd straight year and will be the top seed in the upcoming Valley Tournament. That means Indiana State’s tournament will start on Wednesday,… Continue reading
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Saturday Recap: AND STILL …. Sycamores Claim #1 Seed in Valley Tournament
Indiana State Rallies Past Evansville Again, 6-4 To beat Indiana State and give itself a chance to win this weekend’s matchup with the Sycamores, Evansville knew it would have to get to State starter Brennyn Cutts, who entered the day 2nd in the Missouri Valley Conference at 2.94. UE accomplished that goal. Cutts left in… Continue reading
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Friday Recap: Acknowledge the Sycamores
Indiana State Rallies Past UE; Goes 4 Games up on Aces, UIC Every time a team gets close, every time a team seems like it might be a threat to topple Indiana State, every time alerts are raised at Fortress Bob Warn, the Sycamores respond. Indiana State is to the MVC what Roman Reigns was… Continue reading
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Vogel Slams Murray State Past Ole Miss
Murray State Downs Host Rebels, 12-9, in 15 Innings One beautiful swing by Drew Vogel ended a 5-inning barrage of goose eggs, while simultaneously giving Murray State a 4-run lead it wouldn’t relinquish. Vogel’s 15th-inning grand slam boosted the Racers past Mississippi, 12-9, in a 5-hour, 40-minute marathon fit for an NCAA Regional rather than… Continue reading
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Two Valley Winners on High-Scoring Tuesday
UE, SIU Prevail vs. Rivals Southern Illinois scored 4 runs in the 1st inning to take a lead on counterpart SIU-Edwardsville, but it was Nathan Bandy’s sac fly in the bottom of the 9th that proved the final run is most important, as the Salukis walked-off the Cougars, 8-7, Tuesday. Bandy, who had homered earlier… Continue reading
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Murray State Bats Rip UT-Martin
Illinois State, Missouri State Fall in Wednesday Action Things didn’t start well for Murray State Wednesday. Before the Racers even came to the plate against the visiting Skyhawks of Tennessee-Martin, Murray State was down 5-0, thanks in part to a 2-run by Blaze Bell and a 2-run homer off the bat of Mac Sanford (2-for-3,… Continue reading
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Tuesday Recap: Racers, Aces Pull Out 1-Run Road Wins
Three Teams Fall at Hands of Power Confernce Opposition Murray State’s resurgent bats fell silent for 7 innings Tuesday night at Tennessee-Martin, but Carson Garner saved the Racers with an 8th-inning homer – his team-leading 15th of the season – to tie the game at 1, and in the 10th-inning, Riley Hawthorne drew a bases-loaded… Continue reading
About THE AUTHOR
Ed Morgans is a Valley grad (UE ’95) and a huge college baseball fan. With no official MVC site for baseball, I’m trying to cover it as best I can from central Pennsylvania. Doing my best to shine a light on a conference full of great baseball. Thanks for reading! – Ed
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