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+
	← 2018; baseball tournament; 2020 →;

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]

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

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

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

[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.

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