Baseball Bears Run-Rule Bradley to Begin League Play

Friday, March 21

Springfield

6:30 p.m.

Missouri State University

8-12, 1-0

Bradley

3-14, 0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Bradley	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	6	8	1
Missouri State	0	1	8	0	5	2	X	16	14	0

Baseball Bears Run-Rule Bradley to Begin League Play

March 21, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score

By: MSU Athletics Communications

SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State opened Missouri Valley Conference play Friday evening against Bradley by scoring a season-high in runs in a 16-6, seven-inning victory at Hammons Field.

Six Bears recorded multiple hits, seven drove in a run and all nine starters scored at least once as the offense piled up 14 total hits with seven going for extra bases.

After spotting Bradley (3-14, 0-1 MVC) a run in the first, Max Knight's fifth homer of the season tied it in the second before MoState (8-12, 1-0) erupted for eight runs in the third, its highest scoring inning of the season.

Three consecutive one-out singles loaded the bases, MSU's first run scored on a balk, Taeg Gollert hit a three-run double, Curry Sutherland added a three-run homer, and Carter Bergman capped it with an RBI double for his second hit of the frame, a first for a Bear since March 10, 2023.

Zack Stewart clubbed his 36^th career home run in the fifth inning, a two-run shot, and Nick Rodriguez added a three-run blast for a 14-1 lead.

The Braves rallied for five in the sixth inning, and Caden Bogenpohl answered with a two-run single in the bottom half to open the necessary 10-run margin again at 16-6, finishing with two hits on the night to extend his reached base streak to 33 games.

Michael Yusypchuk (1-1) went six innings for the winning decision, Brody McNiel finished it with a 1-2-3 ninth.

The series continues at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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W, 16-8

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2:00 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Yusypchuk, Michael (1-1)

L: Eli Lehrman (0-2)

Bradley

Batting:

2B: Cole Smith 1 ; Mason Breidenbach 2 ; CJ Trask 1 ; Timmy O'Brien 1

HR: Timmy O'Brien 1

RBI: Mason Breidenbach 1 ; CJ Trask 1 ; Nick Hosie 1 ; Timmy O'Brien 3

Base Running:

RUNS: Cole Smith 2 ; CJ Trask 1 ; Nick Fleckenstein 1 ; Nick Hosie 1 ; Timmy O'Brien 1

HBP: Cole Smith 1

Missouri State

Batting:

2B: Gollert, Taeg 2 ; Bergman, Carter 1

HR: Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; Knight, Max 1 ; Sutherland, Curry 1 ; Stewart, Zack 1

RBI: Bogenpohl, Caden 2 ; Rodriguez, Nick 3 ; Gollert, Taeg 3 ; Knight, Max 1 ; Sutherland, Curry 3 ; Stewart, Zack 2 ; Bergman, Carter 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Bogenpohl, Caden 1 ; Rodriguez, Nick 2 ; McCutcheon, Jake 1 ; Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Knight, Max 2 ; Sutherland, Curry 2 ; Stewart, Zack 2 ; Epstein, Tyler 3 ; Bergman, Carter 2