Illinois State ILS 22-29

Bradley BRAD 31-17

Illinois State ILS

22-29

Final

May. 23, 2018

Bradley BRAD

31-17

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Illinois State ILS	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	1
Bradley BRAD	4	0	2	1	6	1	X	14	19	0

W: Janssen, Mitch (5-2) L: Headrick (4-7)

Box Score

Braves Cruise Past Redbirds in MVC Opener

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Game Recap: Baseball | 5/23/2018 7:52:00 PM

DALLAS, TX – The Bradley baseball time clubbed a season-high four home runs, while all nine Braves recorded at least one hit in BU's convincing 14-2 victory over I-74 rival Illinois State. The MVC Tournament opening win improves Bradley's record to 31-17, while the Redbirds drop to the loser's bracket with a 22-29 record.

Junior Andy Shadid led the Braves with two home runs in the winning effort, going 3-for-3 on the day. He is the first Brave with two home runs in one game since teammate Derek Bangert did so last year against Wichita State, while collecting three RBI and three runs on the day.

Bangert and junior Luke Mangieri both added home runs for the Braves as Bradley also had a season-best 19 hits. Junior Mitch Janssen pitched six innings of three-hit ball for his fifth victory of the season.

The victory is tied for the second-largest for Bradley in its MVC Tournament history – only BU's 18-3 win against Northern Iowa in 1996 was a larger margin of victory.

Bradley wasted no time in taking control of the game, racing to a 4-0 lead through one inning. After Janssen pitched a 1-2-3 frame to start the contest, sophomore Luke Shadid and Mangieri started the bottom of the inning with back-to-back doubles for the 1-0 advantage. Sophomore Brendan Dougherty added a two-run single before Andy Shadid's fifth home run of the season extended the Bradley lead to 4-0.

The Braves then added three runs in the third and fourth innings – all via the long ball. Bangert and Shadid went back-to-back in the third – their eighth and sixth homers, respectively, of the season – before Mangieri's fourth of the year gave Bradley the 7-0 lead.

After retiring the first 12 batters he faced, the Redbirds finally pulled one back off Janssen with a solo shot to start the fifth inning. Bradley, however, quickly erased any ISU hopes at a comeback as the Braves plated six runs in bottom half of the inning for the 13-1 lead. Andrew Ivelia opened the scoring with a two-run double, while Dougherty singled home one, Bangert scored on a wild pitch, Andy Shadid singled home another run and Eli Rawlinson completed the frame with an RBI single.

Both teams added one more run for the 14-2 Bradley victory.

The third-seeded Braves now advance in the winner's bracket where they will face the winner of two-seeded Dallas Baptist and seventh-seeded Valparaiso. First pitch is scheduled for 7:32 p.m. on Thursday.

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