PEORIA, IL – The Bradley baseball team lost the opening game of the final regular-season series of the season to Southern Illinois, 8-3. The Braves are now 19-29 and 5-14 in Missouri Valley Conference action, while the Salukis improve to 27-27 overall and 10-9 in league play.
The Salukis scored the first three runs of the game, plating one in the second, third and fourth innings. An error to start the second led to an unearned run for the 1-0 score before a pair of solo shots in the next two innings stretched the advantage to three.