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 night.