Midweek Madness
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Bears Roast Hogs Late to Upset #2 Arkansas
Missouri State Rallies from 5 Down in 9th, Wins in 10 Nick Rodriguez finished off a magical night at the plate with an opposite field home run in the top of the 10th inning that lifted Missouri State past #2 Arkansas, 14-13, in 10 innings in Fayetteville Tuesday night. Rodriguez, who also hit a solo… Continue reading
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Racers Keep Rolling While Much of Valley Suffers Mid-Week Struggles
Murray State Sweeps 2-Game Mid-Week Series from Lindenwood Murray State (10-3) kept on keeping on during the week, sweeping a 2-game series from visiting Lindenwood by scores of 12-11 and 11-9. Tuesday’s 12-11 win in 10 innings came thanks to that of Will Vierling, who hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th… Continue reading
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SIU Readies for Top-Notch Mid-Week Tilt
Salukis Visit Western Kentucky Today So after a weekend at Life in The Valley HQ dominated by the ups and downs (mostly downs) of a 2-year-old with a stomach bug, we’re back in the swing of things looking forward to today’s non-conference slate. Hard to believe we only have one more non-conference weekend left before… Continue reading
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Racers Lose a Heartbreaker at Ole Miss
Rebels Rally to Force Extra Innings, Win it in 10 It really looked like Murray State was going to upend the Ole Miss Rebels again. Back at the scene of last season’s epic, 15-inning duel which Drew Vogel eventually sealed with a grand slam as Murray State beat Mississippi, 12-9, the Racers were on the… Continue reading
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Late Rallies Fuel Belmont, Missouri State Wins
Bruins Walk-off North Alabama; Bears Rally Late to Upend Billikens Blake Barton’s RBI single in the bottom of the10th scored Ty Allen with the winning run as the Belmont Bruins defeated visiting North Alabama, 5-4, Tuesday. The game featured the “ghost runner” rule familiar to many Major League Baseball fans, where each team starts each… Continue reading
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Tuesday Recap: Belmont, Illinois State Earn First Wins
Bruins Down City Rival Lipscomb, 14-9; ISU Drubs Ball State, 11-1 Belmont wouldn’t be denied Tuesday, as the Bruins prevailed in a slugfest at Lipscomb, 14-9. It’s Belmont’s first victory of the season as the Bruins improved to 1-7. Ty Allen and Landon Godsey did much of the damage for the Belmont offense, combining to… Continue reading
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SIU, Murray State Score Quality Wins Monday
Racers Improve to 3-0; Salukis Take Series from Tennessee Tech I got to say it was a good day. Nothing icy about Monday’s Missouri Valley Conference baseball results, as the league’s teams swept the 2-game slate, with Southern Illinois downing Tennessee Tech, 10-4, while Murray State scored the tying run in the bottom of the… Continue reading
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Lipscomb Rally Erases 6-Run Deficit in 13-Inning Win
Bisons Down 9-3 in 9th Storm Back, Win on Grounder in Extras It was day of should haves and could haves for the Evansville baseball team. In the opening 2 innings, it’s what the Purple Aces could have done with the bases loaded. In each frame, Evansville loaded the bases with 0 outs, only to… 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
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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