Midweek Madness
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Racers Pick Up Badly Needed Win vs. Generous USI
Belmont Beats Neighborhood Rival Lipscomb; MSU falls to K-State Everyone can use a helping hand, or so they say. Needing a win in the worst way Wednesday night at Southern Indiana, Murray State found its trusty bats again and got some gifts from the USI defense in a 13-6 victory. Caron Garner homered and went… Continue reading
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Early Homers Lift Bears Past SEMO
UE Bats Post 13 Runs in Win Over Austin Peay When I saw Missouri State’s batting order for Tuesday’s home matchup against Southeast Missouri State, one thing stuck out. It was move of RF Caden Bogenpohl to the leadoff spot, giving the Bears a powerful stick right at the top of the order, with solid… Continue reading
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Sycamores, Racers Continue Rolls
Belmont, Valpo Come Up Just Short vs. Ranked Foes Indiana State welcomed the Purdue Boilermakers out of the Big Ten to Terre Haute on Tuesday, but the jaunt down U.S. 41 (or maybe Indiana Route 63), was an unhappy one for Purdue, as the Sycamores downed the Boilers, 8-7. Down 5-1 in the 5th inning,… Continue reading
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SIU, Murray State Top Valley After 1st Weekend
Salukis and Racers Sweep Their Way to First Place Tie Southern Illinois and Murray State each won Sunday to finish off sweeps of their first Missouri Valley Conference weekend series of the season, over Valparaiso and Evansville, respectively, and sit tied at the top of the conference standings. Indiana State, UIC, and Bradley won their… Continue reading
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Friday Stat Pack – It’s Time for Conference Play
All 10 Valley Teams Begin First Series Friday, Weather Permitting There is nothing I like more here at MVCBaseball.com headquarters in central Pennsylvania then a good, crisp, Spring morning where the temperature is warm but not too warm, there’s a light breeze, and it’s almost like you can just see and smell baseball. The last… Continue reading
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Redbirds Slug Their Way Past Northern Illinois
UIC Prevails in Extras; SIU Downs Arkansas State Illinois State scored in all but one inning to outlast Northern Illinois, 16-12, in Wednesday afternoon action at Normal, Ill. The Redbirds (10-9) were ahead, 10-2, after 3 innings, then kept the Huskies at arm’s length with a 13-hit attack that also featured 7 walks. Illinois State… Continue reading
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Sears Catapults Sycamores Past IU
Other Valley Teams Struggle vs. Power Conference Foes While the days of shopping for cool Christmas toys in the Sears Wish Book are long gone, Indiana State saw its baseball wishes for Tuesday come true thanks to the bat of DH Mike Sears. Sears hit a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 5th inning… Continue reading
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Tuesday in The Valley: Tough Challenges Await
Five MVC Teams Face Power-5 Opponents Today A couple wins against some really good teams could make it a banner day for The Valley today, as tough competition abounds for MVC clubs. Here’s a quick look at today’s opponents. (All times Eastern) #3 Vanderbilt vs. Belmont, 7 (SECN+) It’s a prime-time matchup for the Bruins… Continue reading
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Where We Stand as Conference Play Looms
MVC Series Begin This Weekend Amazingly, we’ve already sailed through 5 weekends and Missouri Valley Conference teams are a third of the way through their baseball regular seasons. For as long as we look forward to this time of year, the season goes by in a flash and 2024 is no different. With another weekend… Continue reading
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Redbirds Rip Hoosiers
Rasmussen Homers Twice in 1 Inning in 16-6 Rout Look out, Valley. Heeeeeeeeeee’s baaaaaaaaack. Auggie Rasmussen announced his return with authority Wednesday, clubbing 2 home runs and driving in 5 runs to lead the Illinois State Redbirds to a 16-6 demolition of the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington. Rasmussen, who missed most of the early part… 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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