2018 Baseball

[valpo64]

Marc Johnson did a fine job narrating the facilities video.

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/PostTribSports/status/976270900579495937

[bbtds]

Marc Johnson did a fine job narrating the facilities video.

Drew Hassler, the pitcher pointed out in the lounge on the couch by Marc Johnson, finished last year with the Charlotte Knights, the International League AAA affiliate of the White Sox. Is he going to start out with Charlotte this season or is he back in Birmingham, AL with the AA affiliate, the Barons, in the Southern League?

[talksalot]

Friday Afternoon Futler game is live on Facebook...   T3 - Valpo up 3-0, one out, runner on second

link to video and stats on valpoathletics.

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=211175

[talksalot]

Crusaders bat around lead 6-0 on 7 hits; 4 Futler errors...only 1 earned run...  going to bottom of 3rd.

[vu72]

9-2 win!

[talksalot]

The scheduled second game of the series on Saturday has been postponed due to forecasted snow. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 11 a.m. CT.

[valpotx]

Glad to see this win!  I do have to say that Butler's 16-4 record is extremely misleading.  They played all Northeastern and Midwestern teams so far, whereas we played a Southern and West Coast schedule, which has a lot more quality in baseball.  Nonetheless, I will take it!

[vu72]

The scheduled second game of the series on Saturday has been postponed due to forecasted snow. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 11 a.m. CT.

That would be a miracle.  2-5 tomorrow and a high of 43 on Sunday?

[valpotx]

Another reason that the MVC is a lifelong home for Valpo is the conference RPI in baseball.  The MVC is a premier league overall for a school of our composition.  It is currently #9 in RPI, whereas the HL and Summit are near the bottom:

http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2018/conferencerpi

[talksalot]

Hey VU playing Ball State at Em Bauer Field on a Monday Afternoon.  Don't Look... it's not pretty.... going into the 6th

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=207126

'VUR has the play by play...at least it is not an MVC game.

[bbtds]

The scheduled second game of the series on Saturday has been postponed due to forecasted snow. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 11 a.m. CT.

That would be a miracle.  2-5 tomorrow and a high of 43 on Sunday?

I was not looking forward to sitting in those stands at Bulldog Park.

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x886b53fa75edcaeb:0xde308e915fc68a74!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4shttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipObQ2aTclKcTtS55fieSV30wnqIVgLrirhAPqg9%3Dw260-h175-n-k-no!5sGoogle+Search&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipObQ2aTclKcTtS55fieSV30wnqIVgLrirhAPqg9

It was a good decision not to play those games yesterday. It was horrible conditions.

Live View of new dorm going up on Butler's campus

http://earthcam.net/projects/shielsexton/butleruniversity/?FMM

[vu72]

Oh so close to two wins at Michigan State before slitting the pair, losing 5-4 in 12 before prevailing 7-6 in the second game.  Well played.

[valpotx]

MVC tourney is at Dallas Baptist this year, so I will be hosting a DFW Valpo Club event, if anyone makes their way down.

[vu72]

So here is our problem.  It goes to all of our sports, particularly to basketball. Earlier this season we were hosted, in baseball, by Michigan State,losing 7-6 in 12 before winning the next game 7-6.  No biggy, MSU is pretty bad this season.  Tonight was a different story.  We headed to Illinois, ranked 25th nationally. Based on the announcers, they were expecting a 2 seed in the NCAA tourney.  As the game went on they speculated as to how this game wouldn't help in any way with seeding and could only hurt.

We win 11-7.  Don't expect them on our schedule again any time soon.

The Hell with them!!  Great win!!   

[VULB#62]

Well said, 72.

[valpotx]

I was surprised to see that it had been 30+ years since we last played them. 

[VULB#62]

Guess it'll be another 30 years   

[VUGrad1314]

The weather is warming up and so is the competition coming to the area these next couple weeks. Fresh off it's first MVC series win on the road against Evansville the Crusaders still have plenty to say about this year's conference race and they need your support these next two weekends series against DBU and Missouri State the MVC's top two teams both of whom have significant at large ambitions. If our beloved Crusaders are going to make some noise in the race down the stretch they need YOU to come out and make some noise for them. Hope to see you at Bauer Field these next two crucially important weekends! Go Valpo!

[agibson]

I notice the MVC tournament is listed as ESPN+ ($). Is this our first test of the service?

I'll admit the ($) sounds discouraging. Did we decide if that was going to affect basketball?

[talksalot]

Nice win tonight on the road at Illinois State  Jon Tieman (5-4) Complete game 130 pitches...2-1 Valpo moves out of a tie with the Redbirds... Crusaders up to 6-10 on the season... Evansville with the upset at Indiana State, knocking the Sycs down to 6-10... that's a 5th place tie in the valley.

MoSt 14-2  (assuming they can hold a 2-run lead in the 9th)
Dall Bap 13-3
Bradley 10-6
SIU 8-8
Valpo and Indiana State 6-10
Illinois St 5-11
Evansville 2-14

2pm First Pitch in Bloomington on Saturday for game two of the set...weather does not look good.  There is a Mothers Day game at 1pm on the schedule.

[valpotx]

If anyone is coming down for the tourney, join us in the DFW Valpo Club's event!

[talksalot]

Not a good weekend for the 'saders...  16-0 and 8-2 losses to Indiana State knocked us to the #7 seed, which gives us the chance to play 2-time defending champ and tournament host Dallas Baptist.
We went 1-2 in regular season games... winning the last game 9-2 behind a Wes Gordon Complete game gem, after dropping the first two games 8-1 and 9-3 and Bauer field at the end of April.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The field for the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship is set for next week's event at Horner Ballpark in Dallas, Texas, hosted by Dallas Baptist University.

Missouri State earned its sixth   MVC regular-season title and second-straight outright title after finishing 18-3 in league play, earning the tournament's top seed. Missouri State will open play against No. 8 Evansville (3-18 MVC) at 12:30 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, May 23.  The Bears swept the Aces during their three-game series this season.

Host DBU is the tournament's No. 2 seed entering next week's championship. The two-time defending tournament champion Patriots finished the regular-season with a 16-5 MVC record and will face seventh-seeded Valparaiso (6-15 MVC) in their opening game at 7:30 PM (CT) Wednesday evening.

No. 4 Indiana State (11-10 MVC) will face No. 5 Southern Illinois (10-11 MVC) in Wednesday's opening game slated for 9:00 a.m. (CT), while No. 3 Bradley (11-10 MVC) will challenge No. 6 Illinois State (9-12 MVC) in Wednesday's 4:00 p.m. (CT) contest.

Schedule for Wednesday, May 23
Game 1: No. 4 Indiana State vs. No. 5 Southern Illinois, 9 AM (CT)
Game 2: No. 1 Missouri State vs. No. 8 Evansville, 12:30 PM (CT)
Game 3: No. 3 Bradley vs. No. 6 Illinois State, 4 PM (CT)
Game 4: No. 2 DBU vs. No. 7 Valparaiso, 7:30 PM (CT)

double-elimination format

Thursday, May 24
9:02 am CT   Game 5 (Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2)    ESPN+   Live Stats  //  Recap  //  Box Score
12:32 pm CT   Game 6 (Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4)    ESPN+   Live Stats  //  Recap  //  Box Score
4:02 pm CT   Game 7 (Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2)    ESPN+   Live Stats  //  Recap  //  Box Score
7:32 pm CT   Game 8 (Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4)    ESPN+   Live Stats  //  Recap  //  Box Score
Friday, May 25
9:02 am CT   Game 9 (Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 5)    ESPN+   Live Stats  //  Recap  //  Box Score
12:32 pm CT   Game 10 (Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 6)    ESPN+   Live Stats  //  Recap  //  Box Score
4:02 pm CT   Game 11 (Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9)    ESPN+   Live Stats  //  Recap  //  Box Score
7:32 pm CT   Game 12 (Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10)    ESPN+   Live Stats  //  Recap  //  Box Score

[bbtds]

I wonder what it would take to schedule the MVC baseball tournament at Busch Stadium in St Louis when the Cardinals are on the road. It seems a natural for that city to embrace the MVC teams despite having no local team in the conference.

[valpo64]

Disappointed in the results of our last 2 regular season series, especially the IN St. fiasco.  Maybe that beat-down will get us good and ready for the MVC Tourney...let's hope so.