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Bears Conquer Another Power-4 Opponent
Missouri State Defeats Oklahoma State; Valley Goes 6-3 on Tuesday After winning at 2nd-ranked Arkansas last week, 14-13, in 10 innings, the Missouri State Bears climbed over the .500 mark for the season overall with a 10-8 victory over visiting Oklahoma State Tuesday night in Springfield. The Bears are 2-0 this season against Power-4 competition, Continue reading
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Assessing the MVC After 2 Weeks of Valley Ball
Offense Reigns as the Battle for the Lead Takes Shape Valley Ball. A brand of baseball played in the Missouri Valley Conference where scores are kept using pinball machines, teams are never out of games, and the league is raising eyebrows with some recent non-conference wins over Power-4 teams such as Arkansas, Oklahoma State, and Continue reading
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Racers Open Key Series with Run-Rule Win
SIU Scores 25 Runs; Sycamores’ Garis Hits 3 HRs in Friday Action Two of the Missouri Valley Conference’s best offenses got together Friday for Game 1 of a much-anticipated series in Normal. Down 3-0 in the 4th inning, it was Murray State’s hammer that struck, scoring 10 runs in the frame to take a 10-3 Continue reading
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Early TD Guides Flames Past Northern Illinois
UIC, SIU, Illinois State All Win as Valley Sweeps Wednesday Card It’s always good to get a touchdown on your first possession. And while that saying may mostly apply to football, UIC made it applicable to baseball Wednesday, scoring 7 1st-inning runs en route to a 13-5 win at Northern Illinois. UIC scored 3 runs Continue reading
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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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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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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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