The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final. Team W L PCT GB Seed 14 7 .667 – 1 13 7 .650 1 2 12 9 .571 2 3 10 9 .526 3 4 10 11 .476 4 5 9 12 .429 5 6 8 13 .381 6 7 6 14 .300 7.5 8
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. POSNameSchool1B Chris Serritella Southern Illinois2B Jake Peter CreightonSS Eric Cheray Missouri State3B Chance Ross CreightonC Brian Bajer Southern IllinoisUT Nick Judkins CreightonDH Keenen Maddox Missouri StateOF Mike Gerber CreightonOF Chad Hinshaw Illinois StateOF Brennan Murphy CreightonP Todd Eaton Southern IllinoisP Cody Schumacher Missouri State
Most Outstanding Player Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton.
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