Baseball Splits DH, Series Against Valparaiso

PEORIA, IL – For the second day in a row, Bradley and Valparaiso split a Missouri Valley Conference baseball doubleheader at Dozer Park. The Braves (16-17, 8-7 MVC) took game one of Saturday's twinbill, 3-2, but the Valparaiso Baseball Team (13-25, 8-12 MVC) bounced back for a 10-3 win in the night cap to earn a weekend series split.

The Braves got the scoring started in the opener in the second inning when junior LF Carl Valk opened the frame with a double, took third on a Jackson Chatterton single and scored on a Brendan Dougherty single up the middle.

Bradley pushed its lead to 3-0 in the two runs in the third with Valk again highlighting the inning. Eli Rawlinson and Valk drew consecutive…