MVC Road Swing Starts in Dallas

Bradley will play its next six Missouri Valley Conference games on the road, beginning with a 3-game set Friday and Saturday at DBU

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Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Baseball 4/18/2019 2:23:00 PM

DALLAS - Bradley becomes the last Missouri Valley Conference team to hit the league road when the Braves visit Dallas Baptist this weekend, followed by a trip to Missouri State next weekend for a total of six straight league road games against the two teams who have combined to win the last four regular-season Valley titles and last five MVC Tournament championships. This weekend's series will be condensed down to two days due to the Easter holiday.

Bradley (23-10, 3-3 MVC) at Dallas Baptist (25-11, 4-2 MVC) \| Dallas, TX \| Horner Ballpark
Date	Time (CT)	Bradley Probable Starting Pitcher	Follow Live
Friday, April 19	4:00 p.m.	Mitch Janssen, Sr., RHP, 3-1, 1.18 ERA	Watch \| Listen \| Live Stats
Saturday, April 20	2:00 p.m.	Brooks Gosswein, So., LHP, 4-2, 2.91ERA	Watch \| Listen \| Live Stats
Saturday, April 20	5:30 p.m.	Sam Lund, Sr., RHP, 2-3, 3.94 ERA	Live Stats

11-GAME WINNING STREAK
•   Bradley enters the weekend series at DBU riding an 11-game winning streak, the longest active winning streak in the nation (Jackson State takes a 10-game streak into Thursday's series-opening game versus Mississippi Valley State).
•   The streak equals the fourth-longest winning streak in program history and is the longest since the Braves won 12 straight from March 19-April 7, 1993.
•   The Braves have won 12 straight on three occassions, but boast only one winning streak or more than 12 games in the program's 119-year history, a 23-game ride from April 16-June 18, 1948, which was capped by a 4-game, barnstorming tour through Iowa and Minnesota.
BRADLEY'S 11+ WIN STREAKS
23 Games: April 16-June 18, 1948
12 Games: March 19-April 7, 1993
12 Games: March 24-April 7, 1984
12 Games: May 6, 1961-April 13, 1962
11 Games: April 2, 2019-Active
11 Games: April 29, 1960-March 29, 1961
11 Games: Last game of 1954-April 26, 1955

SERIES HISTORY - DALLAS BAPTIST
Games 24-26: DBU leads 18-5, 7-1 in Dallas
•   The series against Dallas Baptist dates to DBU's experiment with a Missouri Valley Conference schedule in 2012, when the Patriots won 2-of-3 games in a non-conference series May 17-19, 2012 at Dozer Park.
•   Since Bradley won 4-of-5 matchups in 2015 and 2016, the Patriots have won nine straight in the series, including five straight at Horner Ballpark.

SIX YEARS AWAY FROM HOME
•   Since the start of 2014, Bradley is third in the MVC with 108 wins away from home.
•   Bradley's 108 road (68) and neutral (40) wins the last six years represent 65.9 percent of the team's 164 total wins, the highest percentage of wins accumulated away from home in The Valley since 2014.
•   Bradley is scheduled to play at least 31 games away from home in 2019.

AMONG NATION'S MOST-IMPROVED
•   Coming off a 20-31 (.392) campaign in 2017, the Braves completed the 2018 season with a 32-19 (.627) overall record.
•   Bradley's 235 percentage-points improvement ranked ninth nationally last season.
•   Off to a 23-10 start to the 2019 season, Bradley now is 55-29 (.655) since ending that 2017 campaign.

LOOKING AHEAD
•   Bradley will make a quick stop at Dozer Park to host Illinois in the return game of their home-and-home series, before hitting the road for four more games at Missouri State (Apirl 26-28) and Chicago State (May 1).
•   After closing the month of April with the 3-game set at Missouri State, the Braves will play seven of their 11 regular-season May games at Dozer Park, beginning with a 3-game series against Valparaiso May 3-5.

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Players Mentioned

#24 Brooks Gosswein: LHP; 6' 2"; Sophomore; L/L

#21 Mitch Janssen: RHP; 6' 2"; Senior; R/R

#19 Sam Lund: RHP; 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#24 Brooks Gosswein
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; L/L
: LHP

#21 Mitch Janssen
: 6' 2"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

#19 Sam Lund
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior; R/R
: RHP

MVC Road Swing Starts in Dallas

Bradley will play its next six Missouri Valley Conference games on the road, beginning with a 3-game set Friday and Saturday at DBU

Players Mentioned

#24 Brooks Gosswein

#21 Mitch Janssen

#19 Sam Lund

Players Mentioned

#24 Brooks Gosswein

#21 Mitch Janssen

#19 Sam Lund