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Friday Stat Pack: Races Come Down to Final 2 Weekends
Most Individual Awards Still Up for Grabs On to the next to last weekend of the Missouri Valley Conference baseball regular season and while today’s news cycle has mostly been about Missouri State, there’s plenty to study and appreciate among this week’s stat leaders. The batting race is still far too close to call, with Continue reading
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The Monday 9: Let’s Talk About the MVC and the Postseason
Indiana State the Head of the Class, but Who’s Next? First Up, Take Me to Our Leaders: Indiana State is fancy, sitting there at the head of the table with a 34-10 record, a 3-game lead in the Missouri Valley Conference, and a glittering, glowing RPI of 10. Without any major mess-ups on the run-in Continue reading
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Friday Stat Pack: Final Third of Conference Play Begins
Lots of Impressive Seasons Being Turned in Around the Valley Looking across the categories this week in the Friday stat leaders, you’ll see a pattern. And that is, many names appear multiple times. There are some sensational seasons being turned in around the Missouri Valley Conference and the numbers will only continue to skyrocket as Continue reading
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Friday Stat Pack: What We Know with 4 Weekends to Go
Teams Begin the Homestretch in the ’24 Conference Race Former New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells was famous for saying, “You are what your record says you are.” That was a message for a 16-game NFL season (now 17). But it’s true in college baseball and in any other sport. Once you reach a Continue reading
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Close Games Rule the Tuesday Slate
Bradley leaves Edwardsville with a Tie There were 7 Valley games on Tuesday night, thanks to the postponement of Evansville’s matchup at Purdue until today, and off days for Indiana State and UIC. However, there were only 6 winners on the night, as Bradly’s game at SIU-Edwardsville ended in a tie. The Braves (10-27-1, 4-11) Continue reading
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Indiana State Debuts in D1Baseball Top 25; UE & SIU Earn Sweeps
Missouri State and UIC Clinch Series with Sunday Victories Winners of 12 of their first 15 games in the Missouri Valley Conference (and 34 of their last 40 going back to last season), the Indiana State Sycamores earned some well-deserved (and perhaps overdue) recognition Monday, debuting at #25 in the D1Baseball Top 25. The poll Continue reading
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Friday Stat Pack! Homer Race Tight; Foeller Remains King of K
Zielinski Reaches .400 to Lead Batting Race We’ve hit the time of the college baseball season where we have a pretty good sample size regarding who is doing what. Teams have played anywhere from 33 to 37 games; weekend pitching rotations are pretty much established, and many hitters are well over 100 plate appearances. With Continue reading
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SIU Rallies from 8-0 Down to Defeat Western Illinois
Salukis, Redbird Winners in Wednesday Action Southern Illinois couldn’t have had a worse start to its home game Wednesday against Western Illinois, giving up a snowman in the 1st inning to fall behind, 8-0. But, on a positive note, that left the Salukis (21-16, 5-7 MVC) as many innings as possible to catch up, and Continue reading
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Purple Aces Down Hoosiers in Bloomington
Missouri State, Valpo Fall to Power Conference Foes Mark Shallenberger drove in 3 runs and Kevin Reed, Drew Fieger, and Max Hansmann combined to hold Indiana to 4 runs (3 earned) on 7 hits with just 2 walks as Evansville knocked off the Hoosiers, 5-4, in Bloomington Wednesday evening. Shallenberger drove in 2 runs in 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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