Bradley University Athletics

Non-Conference Finale

Bradley Baseball will play its final non-conference game of the season Tuesday night at SIUE

Mark Schrimmer

Bradley Notes (PDF)

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Baseball 5/14/2018 9:46:00 PM

GAME 45
Bradley (29-15) at SIU Edwardsville (15-34)
Edwardsville, IL • Simmons Complex
Tuesday, May 15 • 6:00 p.m. CT • Live Stats
General Admission Tickets: $8 adults, $5 K-HS and senior citizens

FINAL ROAD TRIP
• One of the winningest road teams in the nation this season will close the season by playing at least six consecutive games away from home, beginning with a four-game swing through southern Illinois this week.
• With 21 wins away from home in the bank, Bradley will visit SIU Edwardsville Tuesday for the final non-conference game of the regular season, then the Braves will visit Southern Illinois for a 3-game Missouri Valley Conference series Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
• Included among Bradley's 21 wins away from home this season, the Braves are 8-1 in games played inside the state borders, but outside Dozer Park - 3-0 versus South Dakota State at SIUE and 5-1 in true road games to Western Illinois (1-0), Illinois (1-0), Chicago State (1-0) and Illinois State (2-1).
• A year after finishing 20-31, Bradley will have four shots at its 30th win at the earliest point of a season since 1996 (42nd game).

SERIES HISTORY
35th Meeting: Bradley leads, 20-14
Most Recent: 5/9/2018 at Bradley - BU, 8-6

FIVE YEARS AWAY FROM HOME
• Since the start of 2014, Bradley is third in the MVC with 92 wins away from home.
• Bradley's 92 road (58) and neutral (34) wins the last five years represent 67.2 percent of the team's 137 total wins, the highest percentage of wins accumulated away from home in The Valley the last five years.
• Bradley is scheduled to play at least 36 games away from home this season.

21 WINS AWAY FROM HOME
• Bradley begins its four-game, season-ending road swing as one of the most-improved teams in the nation, despite playing 30 of its first 44 games away from home.
• As the week begins, Bradley is one of three teams nationally to have won as many as 21 games away from home.

QUICKEST TO 30
• Bradley takes a 29-15 record into the week, leaving the Braves with at least six more games to reach 30 wins for the season.
• In the 118th season of Bradley Baseball, the Braves have won as many as 30 games in a season just 15 times, most recently in 2015.
• Tuesday's non-conference finale at SIU Edwardsville be Bradley's 45th game of the year.
• Of the 15 30-win seasons in program history, the Braves reached their 30th win by the 45th game only four times, most recently in the 42nd game of the 1996 season.

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