2013 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25. All eight teams will participate in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Illinois State's Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2013 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Duffy Bass Field Normal, IL
Champions	Wichita State (18th title)
Winning coach	Gene Stephenson (18th title)
MVP	Garrett Bayliff (Wichita State)
Television	ESPN3
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2013 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	16	–	5		.762			39	–	19		.672
Wichita State  ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	6		.714			39	–	28		.582
Creighton  ‍‍‍	13	–	8		.619			30	–	18		.625
Missouri State  ‍‍‍	12	–	9		.571			31	–	23		.574
Evansville  ‍‍‍	10	–	10		.500			24	–	34		.414
Indiana State  ‍‍‍	9	–	11		.450			26	–	25		.510
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	6	–	15		.286			25	–	33		.431
Bradley  ‍‍‍	2	–	19		.095			17	–	32		.347
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 1, 2013[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams will play a two-bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single-elimination final.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Illinois State	16	5	.762	–	1
Wichita State	15	6	.714	1	2
Creighton	13	8	.619	3	3
Missouri State	12	9	.571	4	4
Evansville	10	10	.500	5.5	5
Indiana State	9	11	.450	6.5	6
Southern Illinois	6	15	.286	10	7
Bradley	2	19	.095	14	8

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	Illinois State	11
	8	Bradley	1
						1	Illinois State	6
						4	Missouri State	1
	4	Missouri State	2
	5	Evansville	1
											1	Illinois State	5
											5	Evansville	3
	8	Bradley	3
	5	Evansville	4			4	Missouri State	2
						5	Evansville	4
																	1	Illinois State	2
	2	Wichita State	1
																	2	Wichita State	5
	7	Southern Illinois	5
						7	Southern Illinois	0
						6	Indiana State	5
	3	Creighton	3
	6	Indiana State	4
											6	Indiana State	0	4
											2	Wichita State	5	5
	2	Wichita State	11
	3	Creighton	4			7	Southern Illinois	0
						2	Wichita State	15

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

POS	Name	School
1B	Kyle Stanton	Illinois State
2B	Tanner Dearman	Wichita State
SS	Brett Kay	Illinois State
3B	Eric Harbutz	Wichita State
C	Mike Hollenbeck	Illinois State
UT	Tyler Baker	Wichita State
DH	Johnny Coy	Wichita State
OF	Garrett Bayliff	Wichita State
OF	Chad Hinshaw	Illinois State
OF	Mikel Muhca	Wichita State
P	Kris Gardner	Wichita State
P	Dan Savas	Illinois State

Most Outstanding Player

Wichita State outfielder Garrett Bayliff was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.