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. A 53-minute rain delay and a combined 7 errors and 24 runs caused the game between Dallas Baptist and Bradley to stretch three hours and 41 minutes. No. 2-seeded Dallas Baptist won the game 15-9 and plays Indiana State (28-4) Thursday in the second round of the conference tournament.