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7 days ago
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Bears knocked out of MVC Tournament by Racers
NORMAL, ILL.–The Missouri State Bears ran out of gas and runs at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, on Saturday. The team needed to win two games to force a winner-take-all finale, Sunday, but only won its first game, 4-1, against UIC, before getting beat in the championship game Murray State, 10-5. Mo State got down early, as the Racers raced out to a 4-0 lead through the first two innings. But then, freshman Logan Dunn, launched his first career home run to get the maroon and white back in it in the top of the 3rd. The solo shot to right cut the deficit to 4-1. Three innings later, in the top of the 6th, Carter Bergman blasted a 2-run home run to left center. That made it a 6-4 game, but that's where the rallied died. Murray State would rip off four more runs on four hits in the bottom of the 6th, and go on to win, knocking out the Bears and claiming the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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24-05-2025
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Bears score 20, stay alive in Valley tourney
NORMAL, Ill–The Missouri State Bears try to avoid a freaky Friday. Missouri State opened play Friday morning in the Valley baseball tournament by losing to Illinois-Chicago 11-5. That loss sent Joey Hawkin's crew into the losers bracket. And MoState squared off with Belmont in a must win game. Missouri State took two of three from Belmont back in late March. And this was a wild game, 1-0 bottom of the second, Nick Rodriguez with a shot to right center, a two run homer, 2-1 Bears. Rodriguez with a 40 game hitting streak. It was 8-7 Belmont in the bottom of the fourth, bases loaded for Carter Bergman takes this deep to left, that one is gone, a grand slam, it's 11-8 Missouri State. It was 15-8 in the fifth, bases loaded again for the bears Dylan Robertson, he singles to right, Jake McCutcheon and Caden Bogenpohl both score it's 17-8. It was 18-6 Bears in the sixth when Bogenpohl takes this deep to straight away center, over the boards and gone, a two run homer. Missouri State stays alive with a 20-10 victory. The Bears will play Saturday at 2 p.m. against the loser of Murray State and Illinois-Chicago. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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27-04-2025
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Bears bash Aces to clinch weekend series
SPRINGFIELD–The Missouri State baseball team slugged four home runs in its 7-2 win against Evansville, on Saturday, and proved why they're ranked inside the top-10 for home runs hit in all of Division I. Except, it was the Aces breaking out the long-range missiles first. The visitors clubbed back-to-back home runs in the top of the third to jump out 2-0. But then, Nick Rodriguez got the Bears home run derby started with a tomahawk shot over the right field fence, in the top of the 4th, that ended up on top of the indoor training facilty. His 13th long ball of the season extended his hitting streak to 28 games. The very next inning, catcher, Carter Bergman lifted MSU's second homer of the afternoon to tie the game 2-2. Then, in the bottom of the 8th, with Mo State up 5-2, Taeg Gollart and Maxwell Knight left the yard with solo shots of their own to cap off the 7-2 victory. The Bears have now blasted a team total of 80 home runs through 41 games this spring. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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13-04-2025
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MoState Bears bash Beacons 10-5
SPRINGFIELD, Mo–The first place Missouri State Bears continued their series with Valparaiso Saturday afternoon. The Bears snapped a two game losing streak with ninth inning heroics Friday night. Saturday, the Bears continued to bash the baseball. In our Bear Nation update, MoState has never lost to the Beacons in Springfield. And it was 2-0 Valpo in the bottom of the first, two on and Carter Bergman takes this deep to left, way over the bullpen and gone, a three run homer it's 3-2 Bears. It was a 3-3 game in the fourth when Zack Stewart slashes this deep to left, it clears the fence and up on the berm, a solo shot 4-3 Bears. That's Zack Stewart's 40th career homer for Missouri State. It's 5-3 in the fifth when Nick Rodriguez shoots the gap in right center, that scores Caden Bogenpohl and it's 6-3. Next batter is Jake McCutcheon and he sends this pitch over the wagon gate in right center, a two run shot, 8-3. And the Bears beat Valpo again, the final 10-5. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
