NORMAL, IL – Southern Illinois first baseman J.T. Weber was 3-for-4 with two RBI's and the Salukis pushed across seven runs against Bradley's top three pitchers, using a 7-4 victory to advance to the six-team, double-elimination portion of the bracket in the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship Tuesday night at Illinois State's Duffy Bass Field.
The fifth-seeded Braves (31-19) season comes to an end, while the Salukis will face tournament host Illinois State in Wednesday's 3 p.m. game.
Senior RHP Mitch Janssen entered Tuesday's start ranked 18th nationally with a 1.94 season earned run average, but allowed four runs, two earned, on two hits and five walks in his 4.