PEORIA, Ill. – The Illinois State baseball team was edged by Bradley, 4-3, on Friday at Dozer Field as the Redbirds will now need to win Saturday and have Dallas Baptist sweep Southern Illinois to finish in the top-four of the Missouri Valley Conference standings and avoid the conference tournament's play-in round.
Illinois State drops to 22-31 overall and 12-14 in the MVC while Bradley improves to 19-20 overall and 11-10 in the MVC, clinching a top-four seed.
Fourth-year junior Colin Wyman threw three scoreless innings as eight different Redbirds recorded exactly one hit, led by a home run by fifth-year junior Aidan Huggins.