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Rain, extra innings stretch opening night of MVC baseball tourney

Rain and slow play made for a long Wednesday night at Hammons Field.

Missouri State holds the No. 1 seed in the eight-team field and was scheduled to play Illinois State at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Delays pushed the start time to just after 11 p.m.

Uncooperative weather caused the first four games of the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship to drag into the late hours.