2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2019 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Duffy Bass Field Normal, Illinois
Champions	Indiana State  (7th title)
Winning coach	Mitch Hannahs  (1st title)
Television	ESPN+
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2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 Dallas Baptist  ‍†‍‍y	14	–	7		.667			43	–	20		.683
Illinois State  ‍†‍‍y	14	–	7		.667			36	–	26		.581
No. 23 Indiana State  ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	8		.619			43	–	18		.705
Bradley  ‍‍‍	11	–	10		.524			31	–	19		.620
Evansville  ‍‍‍	11	–	10		.524			24	–	29		.453
Missouri State  ‍‍‍	10	–	11		.476			20	–	36		.357
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	6	–	15		.286			14	–	36		.280
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	5	–	16		.238			26	–	29		.473
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 16, 2019 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament held at Illinois State's Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The winner of the tournament, Indiana State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ^[2]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The four lowest seeded teams played in a single elimination round, with the two winners advancing to the six-team double-elimination bracket.

Results

Play-In Round

Team	R
#6 Missouri State	7
#7 Valparaiso	1

Team	R
#5 Bradley	4
#8 Southern Illinois	7

Double-Elimination Rounds

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Dallas Baptist	1
	6	Missouri State	0			1	Dallas Baptist	9
						4	Evansville	2
	2	Illinois State	4								1	Dallas Baptist	9
	8	Southern Illinois	1								2	Illinois State	7
						2	Illinois State	10													1	Dallas Baptist	5	3
						3	Indiana State	7													3	Indiana State	9	168
	3	Indiana State	7													2	Illinois State	6
	4	Evansville	0								3	Indiana State	4			3	Indiana State	10
						6	Missouri State	9			8	Southern Illinois	1
						8	Southern Illinois	10

Conference championship

Missouri Valley Championship
(1) Dallas Baptist Patriots	vs.	(3) Indiana State Sycamores

May 25, 2019, 2:00 p.m. (CDT) at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(1) Dallas Baptist	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	0
(3) Indiana State	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	X	9	9	0
WP: Austin Moralis (1–0)   LP: Cole Reeves (1–1)   Sv: Tyler Grauer (8) Home runs: DBU: Evan Sandmann; Blayne Jones; Andres Sosa ISU: Chris Ayers

May 25, 2019, 6:15 p.m. (CDT) at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
(3) Indiana State	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	6	16	16	1
(1) Dallas Baptist	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	6	0
WP: Jake Ridgway (2–0)   LP: Parker Towns (2–2) Home runs: ISU: Clay Dungan; Roby Enriquez; CJ Huntley DBU: None

References

1. "Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
2. "2018-19 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 17, 2018.