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Murray State Rallies Past UE to Start 2-0
3-Run 9th Propels Racers to 7-6 Series-Clinching Win Down 4-0 after 5 innings and needing runs, the Murray State Racers probably figured it would take the long ball to come back and win at Evansville Saturday. It would’ve been a fair thought, given the Racers had homered in 14 straight games. But ironically, on a… Continue reading
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Road Teams Dominate Day 1 of Valley Play
Missouri State Trips up Defending Champs in Opener As the old adage goes, it’s tough to win on the road in the conference. Any sport. Any conference. Such wasn’t the case Friday in the Missouri Valley Conference, as the league baseball season opened with road teams winning 4 of the 5 games. Missouri State captured… 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
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Valley Teams Split vs. Power Conference Foes
Valpo Grabs Road Win at Gardner-Webb Indiana State and Murray State came out on opposite ends of games Tuesday night vs. power conference opponents. The Sycamores earned a 7-6 victory over visiting Illinois out of the Big Ten, while the Racers were on the wrong end of a 10-6 decision at Kentucky from the Southeastern… Continue reading
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Racers, Salukis Capture Wins in Thursday Action
Offenses Stay Hot for Both Teams Southern Illinois scored in double digits for the 6th time this season and needed almost all those runs, as the Salukis held off Houston Christian, 13-11, in the Thursday opener to their 3-game weekend series. SIU (8-5) and the Huskies (7-7) engaged in a slugfest early, with SIU taking… 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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