Bradley baseball

[bigjimmy]

The Braves 5 game winning streak went by the wayside as Evansville got a 2 hit shutout from pitcher Conner Strain and the offense had 14 hits to beat BU 10-0. BU is now 29-11, 7-5 in the MVC. Their next game is on Wednesday as they play their last non conference game at Milwaukee. Next weekend they play a 3 game series at ISU Blue.

[Old Coach]

The Braves 5 game winning streak went by the wayside as Evansville got a 2 hit shutout from pitcher Conner Strain and the offense had 14 hits to beat BU 10-0. BU is now 29-11, 7-5 in the MVC. Their next game is on Wednesday as they play their last non conference game at Milwaukee. Next weekend they play a 3 game series at ISU Blue.

Bradley needs to go at least 4-5 in their final 9 MVC games InSU, IlSu, MSU) to assure an over .500 conference season.

[Da Coach]

The main thing that matters now is preparing for, getting a good seed, and winning the MVC tournament. I can't see them getting an at-large NCAA tournament bid with so few being available. But they have shown they can beat good teams, and Bradley plays the top team, Missouri State, in their final 3-game series of the season May 14, 15, & 16.

[Old Coach]

Bradley takes 2 of 3 from ISU Blue in Terre Haute this weekend to move to 31-13 (8-6) on the season. The Braves need just 2 wins in their last 6 games to ensure a .500 record in the MVC.

[Old Coach]

If Bradley can take 2 of 3 games this weekend from the Redbirds, it will almost guarantee them a 3rd place finish in the conference.

[Bobby Parker]

Bradley Baseball is preparing for its final home games of the season this weekend against Illinois State. The Braves are 31-13 overall, third in The Valley (9-6) and No. 16 in the RPI.

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=210075811

[tornado]

Bradley split against ISU to go

one interesting play - now on ESPN Top 10 Plays..

was a triple play tag-play..you can see it here

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=210080630

Bradley goes to 32-14, 10-7...


Bradley's 10-7 is currently 3rd place in the MVC
[url]http://mvc-sports.com/baseball/



also nice story on Rick Heller - the one-time UNI baseball coach, and recent Indiana State coach
who almost became Bradley's head coach back in 2008

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150509/SPORTS/150509133/11130/SPORTS

[braves16]

Braves lose game 3, 13-4.

[tornado]

Bradley loses today 13-4..

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150510/SPORTS/150519988/11130/SPORTS?rssfeed=true&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Still good enough for 3rd place but just one loss ahead of Wichita & 2 ahead of ISU...
But when we get to MVC Tourney play we need to be able to win when we play 2 & 3 games in close proximity/pitching depth

[tornado]

Bradley baseball drops a 2-0 decision to Missouri State

This drops Bradley to 10-9, still 3rd place but only one game ahead of Wichita State and only 1.5 games up on ISU - with only two games left (before the MVC Tourney), both against league leading Missouri State.

Bradley could end up anywhere from the 3rd seed to the 5th seed and face Wichita, ISU, or Evansville in the Valley Tourney next week.

[tornado]

Bradley baseball falls again to Missouri State 9-2
BU drops to 10-10 in the MVC with one game remaining -
Wichita won so they are also 10-10 and ISU is 9-10..
Not exactly sure how the tiebreaker works - but we won 2 of 3 from Wichita but lost 2 of 3 from ISU

[tornado]

BU baseball - final regular season game - the Braves are trailing 3-0 in 4th inning..
If Bu loses to go to 10-11 they will need to wait 'til ISU & Wichita finish their games to see what seed we get in the MVC Tourney.

[cpacmel]

Wichita State lost to Dallas B

Bradley will either be the 3 or 4 seed, as they own the tiebreaker over the Shockers.

[cpacmel]

Wichita State, Bradley and Illinois State all lose!

Bradley 3
Wichita State 4
Illinois State 5

[tornado]

Bradley finishes 10-11 but gets the #3 seed and plays Evansville

the schedule had the toughest teams right at the end and our pitching depth ran short...
we lost the final five games and 7 of the last 10...

Time to get another streak going but the games will come in quick succession..

We start Wednesday against Evansville, then have to win Thursday, Friday, and two on Saturday...(barring rain pushing games back)
if we lose either of the first two then we'd need to win an EXTRA game on Friday tp work our way back into the Championship mix
...six games in four days...wow - but everyone else has to do it, too so Go Braves!

http://mvc.org/baseball/2015bracket.pdf