MVC Baseball
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Tuesday Recap: Salukis Ground Skyhawks
Braves Fall in 14-Inning Epic Gabe Petrucelli went 3-for-5 with a triple, run, and 2 RBIs, as Southern Illinois downed the Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks, 9-3, Tuesday afternoon. The win improved SIU to 16-7 on the season. The Salukis have won 3 straight games heading into today’s return matchup against UT-Martin, set for 6 p.m. in Carbondale Continue reading
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Redbirds Rock Iowa in Midweek Triumph
Illinois State Builds 10-0 Lead, Downs Hawkeyes, 10-8 Illinois State’s offense continued to cook and Carter Monke turned in a stellar pitching performance as the Redbirds downed Big Ten opponent Iowa, 10-8, Tuesday night in Normal. Monke improved to 2-4 on the season, going 6 innings and allowing just 1 run on 7 hits with Continue reading
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Bears Roast Hogs Late to Upset #2 Arkansas
Missouri State Rallies from 5 Down in 9th, Wins in 10 Nick Rodriguez finished off a magical night at the plate with an opposite field home run in the top of the 10th inning that lifted Missouri State past #2 Arkansas, 14-13, in 10 innings in Fayetteville Tuesday night. Rodriguez, who also hit a solo Continue reading
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Beware of Bears: Missouri State Takes Pole After 1st Weekend
MSU Alone Atop Valley After Sweeping Bradley Missouri State swept its way into the top spot in the Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings after the opening weekend of conference play. Not surprisingly, the Bears did so with a powerful offense, scoring 40 runs in 3 games to take a trio of victories over visiting Bradley. Continue reading
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Conference Play Hits Different
UE, Valpo, UIC All Notch Huge Wins on Valley Opening Day Yesterday was a gift. Those reading on X know yesterday was my first day home after several days in the hospital – nothing life threatening thankfully, but one of those things where God slaps you in the face and tells you that you need Continue reading
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Racers Keep Rolling While Much of Valley Suffers Mid-Week Struggles
Murray State Sweeps 2-Game Mid-Week Series from Lindenwood Murray State (10-3) kept on keeping on during the week, sweeping a 2-game series from visiting Lindenwood by scores of 12-11 and 11-9. Tuesday’s 12-11 win in 10 innings came thanks to that of Will Vierling, who hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th Continue reading
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SIU Readies for Top-Notch Mid-Week Tilt
Salukis Visit Western Kentucky Today So after a weekend at Life in The Valley HQ dominated by the ups and downs (mostly downs) of a 2-year-old with a stomach bug, we’re back in the swing of things looking forward to today’s non-conference slate. Hard to believe we only have one more non-conference weekend left before Continue reading
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Racers Lose a Heartbreaker at Ole Miss
Rebels Rally to Force Extra Innings, Win it in 10 It really looked like Murray State was going to upend the Ole Miss Rebels again. Back at the scene of last season’s epic, 15-inning duel which Drew Vogel eventually sealed with a grand slam as Murray State beat Mississippi, 12-9, the Racers were on the Continue reading
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Late Rallies Fuel Belmont, Missouri State Wins
Bruins Walk-off North Alabama; Bears Rally Late to Upend Billikens Blake Barton’s RBI single in the bottom of the10th scored Ty Allen with the winning run as the Belmont Bruins defeated visiting North Alabama, 5-4, Tuesday. The game featured the “ghost runner” rule familiar to many Major League Baseball fans, where each team starts each Continue reading
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Weekend Recap: Salukis, Racers Stay Hot
Evansville Earns Series Split with Sunday Win at Mizzou A busy weekend of Valley baseball is complete. Let’s take a look at how Saturday and Sunday went for each of the 10 MVC baseball schools. We’ll go in alphabetical order. Belmont: The Bruins gave visiting ACC foe Notre Dame all it could handle over the 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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