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Bradley BRAD 31-18, 11-10 MVC
10
Winner Indiana State INS 36-15, 13-8 MVC
Bradley BRAD
31-18, 11-10 MVC
2
Final
10
Indiana State INS
36-15, 13-8 MVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bradley BRAD 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 0
Indiana State INS 1 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 X 10 9 0

W: Whitbread,T (7-2) L: Lund, Sam (5-4)

Luke Shadid AB wide vs Evansville 2019 3
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Baseball falls in regular-season finale, No. 5 seed for MVC Tourney

Despite dropping into the No. 5 seed for next week's MVC Tournament, Bradley Baseball completed its second straight winning Valley campaign

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Game Recap: Baseball | | Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications
TERRE HAUTE, IN – Tyler Whitbread no-hit Bradley through five innings as Indiana State (36-15, 13-8) pulled away for a 10-2 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams Saturday afternoon at Bob Warn Field.
 
The loss means Bradley (31-18, 11-10 MVC) will finish in a fourth-place tie in the final regular-season Missouri Valley Conference standings, but will be the No. 5 seed in next week's MVC Baseball Championship.  The Braves will face No. 8 seed Southern Illinois in a single-elimination game Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Illinois State's Duffy Bass Field with the winner advancing into the six-team, double-elimination tournament bracket and a match up against the second-seeded Redbirds Wednesday afternoon.
 
Though the Braves had few highlights Saturday, junior LF Dan Bolt did single to lead off the ninth inning, extending his team-best on-base streak to 27 games.  Junior 3B Brendan Dougherty was 1-for-3 with a RBI double to extend his on-base streak to 23 games and junior SS Luke Shadid was 2-for-4 with a run scored to finish the regular-season with a team-best .348 batting average.
 
Junior RHP Sam Lund (5-4) suffered the loss by allowing four runs on five hits in 3.0 innings.  Sycamores No. 9 hitter, CF Luke Fegen, provided the scoring difference by going 2-or-2 with two walks and a pair of 2-run doubles.  His 2-out double in the second inning gave the Sycamores a 3-0 lead.
 
Despite dropping into the No. 5 tournament seed, Bradley finished the conference season with a winning league mark for the second straight year and the third time in four years.  The Braves had not enjoyed a winning conference season in consecutive years since the 1986 and 1987 teams both posted 11-9 Valley records.
 
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Players Mentioned

Dan Bolt

#35 Dan Bolt

OF
6' 0"
Junior
L/R
Brendan Dougherty

#26 Brendan Dougherty

IF
6' 2"
Junior
L/R
Sam Lund

#19 Sam Lund

RHP
6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
Luke Shadid

#10 Luke Shadid

IF
5' 10"
Junior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Dan Bolt

#35 Dan Bolt

6' 0"
Junior
L/R
OF
Brendan Dougherty

#26 Brendan Dougherty

6' 2"
Junior
L/R
IF
Sam Lund

#19 Sam Lund

6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
RHP
Luke Shadid

#10 Luke Shadid

5' 10"
Junior
R/R
IF