Missouri State University
28-26
Bradley
20-29
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri State | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 0 |
| Bradley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Baseball Bears Top Bradley with Record-Setting Performance
May 27, 2022 | Baseball
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State set the Hammons Field scoring record and moved to 3-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Friday with a 19-3 seven-inning victory over Bradley.
The sixth-seeded Bears (28-26) led 2-0 after two batters thanks to Drake Baldwin's 16th home run of the season, 17-0 after three innings and 19-1 after four with every member of the starting lineup scoring at least one run.
Missouri State will play the winner of Friday night's game between No. 2 Evansville and third-seeded DBU at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Notables:
• Missouri State hit five home runs for the fifth time this season and moved its tournament total to 12 in three contests. Round-trippers came from Baldwin, Cam Cratic, Walker Jenkins, Spencer Nivens and Grant Wood. The Bears hit two bombs in the first inning and three in the third.
• Wood's grand slam was the 10th in MSU's MVC Tournament history.
• Wood's career-high six RBI gave the Bears six players with 40 RBI on the season, a first since 2002.
• The 19 runs are the third-most Missouri State has scored in 109 all-time MVC Tournament games, and the 16-run margin of victory tied for the second-largest.
• The 3-0 tournament start is a first for Missouri State since the Bears went 4-0 for the 2018 championship.
• The 11-run third inning tied a season-best as well as the MVC Tournament record for runs in an inning, last done by MSU in 2010.
• The Bears exceeded 10 runs in a game for the 16th time this year.
• The previous Hammons Field scoring record came in an 18-11 Missouri State win over Kansas on April 6, 2016.
• Spencer Nivens scored four runs to tie four others for the school's MVC Tournament record.
• Caden Wilson was the winning pitcher in relief, allowing a run on two hits with career highs of three innings and five strikeouts.
• Adam Link struck out four and allowed one hit in three innings in the start.
• The Bears bashed 10 extra-base hits, a season high.
• Nivens, Baldwin, Mason Greer, Cratic, Wood and Jenkins each had multiple hits.
• Baldwin, Greer, Cratic, Wood and Jenkins each drove in at least two runs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wilson, Caden (1-1)
L: Kisting, Jacob (6-4)
Batting:
2B: Baldwin, Drake 1 ; Greer, Mason 1 ; Cratic, Cam 1 ; Wood, Grant 1
3B: Duff, Will 1
HR: Nivens, Spencer 1 ; Baldwin, Drake 1 ; Cratic, Cam 1 ; Wood, Grant 1 ; Jenkins, Walker 1
RBI: Nivens, Spencer 1 ; Baldwin, Drake 4 ; Greer, Mason 3 ; Cratic, Cam 3 ; Wood, Grant 6 ; Jenkins, Walker 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Nivens, Spencer 4 ; Baldwin, Drake 3 ; Hull, Mason 1 ; Greer, Mason 2 ; Cratic, Cam 3 ; Kotowski, Dakota 1 ; Wood, Grant 2 ; Duff, Will 1 ; Jenkins, Walker 2
HBP: Nivens, Spencer 1 ; Baldwin, Drake 1 ; Kotowski, Dakota 1
Batting:
2B: Husmann, Carson 1 ; O'Brien, Timmy 2
RBI: Vogel, Ryan 1 ; Husmann, Carson 1 ; O'Brien, Timmy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vogel, Ryan 1 ; Valk, Carl 2
