Illinois State Redbirds
-
Thursday Stat Pack: Teams, Players Have Lots to Play for on Final Weekend
Tight Races for Seeding, Individual Awards Some may look at the Missouri Valley Conference baseball season as a done deal, with 20th-ranked Indiana State having clinched the outright regular-season title and the top seed in next week’s Valley tournament. But simmering beneath the surface are team and individual races to watch over these last 3 Continue reading
-
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
-
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
-
Saturday Recap: AND STILL …. Sycamores Claim #1 Seed in Valley Tournament
Indiana State Rallies Past Evansville Again, 6-4 To beat Indiana State and give itself a chance to win this weekend’s matchup with the Sycamores, Evansville knew it would have to get to State starter Brennyn Cutts, who entered the day 2nd in the Missouri Valley Conference at 2.94. UE accomplished that goal. Cutts left in Continue reading
-
Friday Recap: Acknowledge the Sycamores
Indiana State Rallies Past UE; Goes 4 Games up on Aces, UIC Every time a team gets close, every time a team seems like it might be a threat to topple Indiana State, every time alerts are raised at Fortress Bob Warn, the Sycamores respond. Indiana State is to the MVC what Roman Reigns was Continue reading
-
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
-
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
-
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
Anthony Pron, Belmont Bruins, Bradley Braves, Brennyn Cutts, Cade Vernon, Evansville Purple Aces, Illinois State Redbirds, Indiana State Sycamores, Kendall Ewell, Luis Hernandez, Luke Hayden, Mark Shallenberger, Mason Landers, Missouri State Bears, Murray State Racers, MVC Baseball, NCAA Baseball, Southern Illinois Salukis, UIC Flames, Valparaiso Beacons, Zane Zielinski -
Murray State Bats Rip UT-Martin
Illinois State, Missouri State Fall in Wednesday Action Things didn’t start well for Murray State Wednesday. Before the Racers even came to the plate against the visiting Skyhawks of Tennessee-Martin, Murray State was down 5-0, thanks in part to a 2-run by Blaze Bell and a 2-run homer off the bat of Mac Sanford (2-for-3, Continue reading
-
Tuesday Recap: Racers, Aces Pull Out 1-Run Road Wins
Three Teams Fall at Hands of Power Confernce Opposition Murray State’s resurgent bats fell silent for 7 innings Tuesday night at Tennessee-Martin, but Carson Garner saved the Racers with an 8th-inning homer – his team-leading 15th of the season – to tie the game at 1, and in the 10th-inning, Riley Hawthorne drew a bases-loaded 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
Find site updates, live game blogs, and other Valley baseball content on X at www.twitter.com/MVConfBaseball.
Life in the Valley 