Carbondale, Ill. – The Bradley baseball team dropped a 2-0 decision at Southern Illinois on Friday night in the first game of the Missouri Valley Conference season for both schools. The Braves are now 7-13, while the Salukis improve to a league-best 19-7.
Senior Keaton Rice and sophomore Ryan Vogel both collected two hits for the Braves – accounting for four of the game's nine hits between the two schools.
Freshman Jacob Kisting took the hard-loss on the mound for BU despite another strong start.