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Six-Pack of Dingers Leads Bears Past Flames
Missouri State Homers Early and Often in Run-Rule Win Missouri State hit 6 home runs and Brandt Thompson pitched 6 strong innings as the Bears run-ruled UIC, 17-3, in the Thursday opener of a 3-game Missouri Valley Conference series in Springfield, Mo. Zack Stewart homered twice, while Caden Bogenpohl, Dylan Leach, Taeg Gollert, and Cody Continue reading
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Redbirds Surge into First Place with Weekend Sweep
Illinois State, Indiana State Both 7-2 to Lead Valley Seven straight wins have launched the Illinois State Redbirds to a 17-11 record and more importantly, 7-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference after 3 league weekends. The Redbirds now sit tied with Indiana State (23-7, 7-2) for top honors in the Valley after Illinois State swept Continue reading
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Friday Stat Pack: OPS Gone Wild
Batting Race Features .016 Gap Between Top 5 Contenders Another Valley weekend is upon us! And while this weekend is short on matchups between top-half teams in the conference, there is plenty to watch for among the stat leaders in the Valley as teams swing past the halfway point in the regular season (already!). All Continue reading
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Sycamores Sweep UIC; Take Solo First in Valley
Bruins, Redbirds Also Author Sweeps The 2024 college baseball season is starting to look a little bit like the 2023 college baseball season looked if you’re a fan of the Indiana State Sycamores. After sweeping a previously hot UIC Flames team over the weekend, Indiana State finds itself 5-1 in the Valley and alone in Continue reading
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Thursday Stat Pack!
Two Valley Series Scheduled to Start Tonight At times while putting together the Valley leaders this morning, the offensive categories were starting to look like the Murray State invitational. With a .304 team batting average (2nd in the conference) and 42 homers, there are gaudy numbers up and down the lineup. Not to be outdone, Continue reading
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Sycamores, Racers Continue Rolls
Belmont, Valpo Come Up Just Short vs. Ranked Foes Indiana State welcomed the Purdue Boilermakers out of the Big Ten to Terre Haute on Tuesday, but the jaunt down U.S. 41 (or maybe Indiana Route 63), was an unhappy one for Purdue, as the Sycamores downed the Boilers, 8-7. Down 5-1 in the 5th inning, Continue reading
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SIU, Murray State Top Valley After 1st Weekend
Salukis and Racers Sweep Their Way to First Place Tie Southern Illinois and Murray State each won Sunday to finish off sweeps of their first Missouri Valley Conference weekend series of the season, over Valparaiso and Evansville, respectively, and sit tied at the top of the conference standings. Indiana State, UIC, and Bradley won their Continue reading
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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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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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