Missouri State University
19-15, 10-2
Valparaiso
8-22, 3-9
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valparaiso | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| Missouri State | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | X | 25 | 19 | 0 |
Bears Sweep Valpo with Historic Offensive Day
April 13, 2025 | Baseball
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The Bears improved to 19-15 overall and 10-2 in MVC play with their 12th win in the last 15 games by a final of 25-7. Valpo moved to 8-22 and 3-9 in Valley games.
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Game notes and superlatives
- MSU's 25 runs are the most since scoring that many against Southwest Baptist on April 4, 2000. It ties the Bears' fourth-most ever against a fellow Division I opponent and most versus a D1 team since scoring 27 against Indiana State on April 10, 1999.
- The Bears' run total is a Hammons Field record.
- Zack Stewart tied a school single game record by walking five times. Stewart now shares the record with Lance Burkhart (2/14/97 vs. Nevada), Steve Hacker (4/23/95 vs. UNI) and Cory Krueger (3/15/91 vs. Austin Peay). He scored a career high five runs and added an RBI double to become the first Bear to reach safely six times in a game since Ben Whetstone at Oral Roberts on Feb. 24, 2021.
- With a double in the first inning, Nick Rodriguez extended his hitting streak to 21 games, tying Drake Baldwin (2021) and Evan Pratte (1990) for the sixth-longest streak in school history. Rodriguez now has at least one extra base hit in 13 consecutive games.
- Caden Bogenpohl led off the game with a walk to extend his reached base streak to 47 games. He added a grand slam in the fourth inning and finished with career highs for RBIs (5) and runs scored (4).
- The Bears had a season-high 19 hits and drew a season-best 14 walks.
- Missouri State has earned at least one run-rule victory in nine of its last 11 MVC series.
- Jake McCutcheon equaled his career high with four hits.
- Brant Kragel collected his first career hit with a single in the fifth.
- Curry Sutherland, Tyler Epstein and Logan Dunn each drove in three runs.
- MSU's nine-run fifth inning was the team's highest-scoring frame since May 3 of last season.
- Ten Bears recorded a hit, 11 scored a run and nine had an RBI.
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The Bears scored 20 unanswered after that, with six in third, five in the fourth and nine in the fifth for a 24-5 lead. The teams exchanged single runs in the next three half innings for the final score.
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The Bears visit Missouri (12-23) Tuesday at 6 p.m. for the first game of this season's home-and-home series. The Tigers return to Hammons Field on April 22. Tickets to home baseball games can be purchased here, and MSU students are admitted free with a valid Bearpass ID.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Slater, Owen (2-1)
L: Foley, Lucas (1-4)
Batting:
HR: Giusti, Connor 1 ; Ilitch, Patrick 2 ; Sullivan, Case 1
RBI: Giusti, Connor 3 ; Ilitch, Patrick 3 ; Sullivan, Case 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hatch, Bryan 1 ; Patton, Liam 1 ; Giusti, Connor 2 ; Ilitch, Patrick 2 ; Sullivan, Case 1
SB: Thaxton, Aidan 1
CS: Thaxton, Aidan 1
HBP: Giusti, Connor 1 ; Sullivan, Case 1
PO: Thaxton, Aidan 1
Batting:
2B: Bogenpohl, Caden 1 ; Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; Knight, Max 1 ; Bergman, Carter 1 ; Stewart, Zack 1 ; Epstein, Tyler 1 ; Sutherland, Curry 1
HR: Bogenpohl, Caden 1
RBI: Bogenpohl, Caden 5 ; Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; McCutcheon, Jake 2 ; Knight, Max 2 ; Bonilla, Benito 1 ; Stewart, Zack 1 ; Epstein, Tyler 3 ; Sutherland, Curry 3 ; Dunn, Logan 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Bogenpohl, Caden 4 ; Rodriguez, Nick 2 ; McCutcheon, Jake 2 ; Knight, Max 1 ; Bergman, Carter 2 ; Bonilla, Benito 1 ; Stewart, Zack 5 ; Epstein, Tyler 2 ; Fyffe, Logan 1 ; Sutherland, Curry 3 ; Dunn, Logan 2
HBP: Sutherland, Curry 1 ; Dunn, Logan 1
