Making his 16th start of the season - fourth in school history - and second of the tournament, Adam Link when six innings for the win, with Eric Loomis, Ty Buckner and Jake McMahill tossing the final three frames while the staff did not walk a batter. Jenkins hit a solo homer in the fourth and the Bears piled on four more runs in the sixth with Mason Hull's 14th homer of the year capping the rally for a 10-2 advantage. Greer's two-run triple tied it in the bottom of the first, Cratic added the go-ahead sac fly, and Jenkins and Baldwin hit RBI singles the next inning for a 5-2 lead. Southern Illinois' first four batters reached safely but it was all Missouri State after that as the Bears routed the Salukis for the title. Missouri State also won the Valley Tournament in 1996, 1997, 20.
Baldwin also earned the league's Elite 17 award as the player with the highest cumulative grade point average that participated in the title game.
Mason Greer was named the tournament MVP and was joined on the all-tournament team by fellow Bears Drake Baldwin, Grant Wood, Walker Jenkins, Cam Cratic and Riyan Rodriguez. MSU will also host a watch party at Buffalo Wild Wings (900 E Battlefield Road). when the NCAA Selection Show airs live on ESPN2. The Bears (30-27) will head to their 12th NCAA Tournament in the school's Division I era in first since 2018 with the league's automatic bid and find out their destination Monday, May 30, at 11 a.m. SPRINGFIELD, MO - Missouri State claimed its fifth Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship Sunday afternoon with a 13-3 victory over top-seeded Southern Illinois in the winner-take-all title game after the Salukis forced the issue with a 9-6 win in Sunday's first contest at Hammons Field.
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