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Redbirds Win; Braves Lose in Wednesday Action
Illinois State Victorious at Western Illinois; Bradley Downed by Visiting Lindenwood Illinois State improved to 18-12 on the season with a 7-4 win at Western Illinois on Wednesday night. The Redbirds broke open a 2-1 game in the 4th inning with 3 runs, scoring 1 on Greg Nichols’ RBI triple, another on a Luke Lawrence… Continue reading
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Missouri State Downs ’23 CWS Participant ORU
Indiana State Gets Road Win at Purdue While it’s been a rough start to the season for Oral Roberts, which made the College World Series in 2023 and became the first mid-major since Coastal Carolina in 2016 to win a game in Omaha, beating them on the road is still a notable achievement. Missouri State… Continue reading
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Redbirds Surge into First Place with Weekend Sweep
Illinois State, Indiana State Both 7-2 to Lead Valley Seven straight wins have launched the Illinois State Redbirds to a 17-11 record and more importantly, 7-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference after 3 league weekends. The Redbirds now sit tied with Indiana State (23-7, 7-2) for top honors in the Valley after Illinois State swept… Continue reading
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Friday Stat Pack: OPS Gone Wild
Batting Race Features .016 Gap Between Top 5 Contenders Another Valley weekend is upon us! And while this weekend is short on matchups between top-half teams in the conference, there is plenty to watch for among the stat leaders in the Valley as teams swing past the halfway point in the regular season (already!). All… Continue reading
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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 Sweep UIC; Take Solo First in Valley
Bruins, Redbirds Also Author Sweeps The 2024 college baseball season is starting to look a little bit like the 2023 college baseball season looked if you’re a fan of the Indiana State Sycamores. After sweeping a previously hot UIC Flames team over the weekend, Indiana State finds itself 5-1 in the Valley and alone in… Continue reading
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Thursday Stat Pack!
Two Valley Series Scheduled to Start Tonight At times while putting together the Valley leaders this morning, the offensive categories were starting to look like the Murray State invitational. With a .304 team batting average (2nd in the conference) and 42 homers, there are gaudy numbers up and down the lineup. Not to be outdone,… 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
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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