Season's First Home Stand

Bradley Baseball will play its first home game of 2018 Wednesday night

Brendan Dougherty, Luke Mangieri and Derek Bangert

Mark Schrimmer

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Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Baseball 3/19/2018 4:48:00 PM

Game 17
Chicago State (4-12) at Bradley (11-5)
Wednesday, March 21 • 6:00 p.m. CT • Live Stats
Free Admission | Suite tickets $12
Peoria, IL • Dozer Park

Season's First Home Stand
• Bradley will make its 2018 home debut by hosting Chicago State in the first game of a 5-game home stand Wednesday night at Dozer Park.
• Bradley shares the Missouri Valley Conference lead with an 11-5 overall record to date and the Braves are one of only seven teams in the nation to win at least 11 games away from home so far this season.
• All five opponents in this home stand are from the state of Illinois.
• The Braves are 34-14 (.708) against Illinois teams since the start of the 2014 season, including a 21-8 (.724) home record.
• Bradley will offer free admission for the first four games in its season-opening home stand, while tickets for access to Dozer Park's climate-controlled suites are available for $12 each.

Series History
25th Meeting: Bradley leads, 20-4
Most Recent: 34/8/2009 - Bradley swept DH, 10-8 & 8-5
Current Streak: Bradley, W16
Elvis Dominguez vs. Chicago State: 5-0 (2-0 at Bradley)
Steve Joslyns vs. Bradley: 1st meeting

Eleven Wins Away From Home
• Bradley begins the week sharing the best record in the Missouri Valley Conference (11-5), despite playing all of its first 16 games away from home.
• Bradley begins the week as one of seven teams nationally to win at least 11 games away from home.
• Of the 110 schools that begin the week with 11 victories, only 21 even have played at least 11 games away from home.
• Bradley's seven true road wins are tied for third among that group.

Dandy Dozen
• Bradley's 9-3 record through the first 12 games represented its best 12-game start since the Braves opened their 2015 NCAA Regional season with a 10-2 mark.
• In the last 50 years, Bradley has won nine of its first 12 games in just eight other seasons and the Braves have finished with a winning record in seven of those eight years.

Late-Inning Offense
• Bradley scored 16 runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings of its weekend series at Jacksonville, totalling at least four runs in the final third of all three games.
• Through 16 games, Bradley has outscored the opposition 41-21 in the final three innings.
• In the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, Bradley is batting .317.
• In those 42 offensive half innings, Bradley has put 91 hitters on base safely via a hit (52), base on balls (26) or hit by pitch (13).

Hot Week For Mangieri
• Junior 1B Luke Mangieri is coming off a hot week at the plate.
• During the final four games of Bradley's spring break trip to Florida, Mangieri reached base safely 16 times in 22 plate appearances for a .727 on-base percentage: 9-for-15 (.600) with six walks and a hit by pitch.
• Mangieri reached safely at least three times in all four games:
at UCF: 4-5, 2 walks
at Webber International: 2-3, 1 walk, 1 HBP
vs. Massachusetts: 1-3, 2 walks
vs. Massachusetts: 2-4, 1 walk

Ivelia Doubles Up
• After returning from an ankle injury suffered in the Jacksonville series, Andrew Ivelia got doubles happy in this past weekend's four-game series versus Massachusetts.
• Ivelia was 4-for-9 against the Minutemen and all four hits went for two bases.
• For the season, seven of Ivelia's 16 hits in 13 games have been doubles and he now leads the team in two-baggers.

Bangert Producing Runs
• Senior Derek Bangert has been Bradley's top run producer throughout the early season.
• Through 16 games, not only does Bangert lead the Braves with 20 RBI's, but he also is tied for second on the team with 13 runs scored.
• Subtracting his two home runs, which count toward both the RBI and runs scored totals, Bangert has accounted for 31 runs in Bradley's 16 games.

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Players Mentioned

#42 Derek Bangert: 1B; 6' 3"; Senior; R/R

#13 Andrew Ivelia: IF; 6' 2"; Senior; R/R

#17 Luke Mangieri: IF; 6' 3"; Junior; L/R

Players Mentioned

#42 Derek Bangert
: 6' 3"; Senior; R/R
: 1B

#13 Andrew Ivelia
: 6' 2"; Senior; R/R
: IF

#17 Luke Mangieri
: 6' 3"; Junior; L/R
: IF

Season's First Home Stand

Bradley Baseball will play its first home game of 2018 Wednesday night

Players Mentioned

#42 Derek Bangert

#13 Andrew Ivelia

#17 Luke Mangieri

Players Mentioned

#42 Derek Bangert

#13 Andrew Ivelia

#17 Luke Mangieri