The 2013 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at California State University, Fresno's Pete Beiden Field. It was Fresno State's first year in the league after joining from the Western Athletic Conference. San Diego State won the tournament for the second time, earning the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format and seeding The conference's six teams were seeded based on winning percentage during the round robin regular season schedule. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round, with the top seed playing the lowest seeded team that won its first-round game, and the second seeded team playing the higher seeded first day winner. The losers of the first day's games played an elimination game in the double-elimination format. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 25 5 .833 18 12 .600 15 15 .500 14 16 .467 11 19 .367 7 23 .233
Bracket
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Class Greg Allen San Diego State Sophomore Luke Campbell New Mexico Senior Ryan Doran San Diego State Senior Tyler France San Diego State Freshman Mitch Garver New Mexico Senior Seth Kline Air Force Junior Tyler Linehan Fresno State Junior D. J. Peterson New Mexico Junior Michael RoBards San Diego State Sophomore Philip Walby San Diego State Junior Tim Zier San Diego State Junior
Most Valuable Player Tyler France was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. France was a freshman for San Diego State.
Championship Winning Pitcher
Philip Walby of San Diego State was the Starting and Winning Pitcher of two games, including the Championship Game vs. New Mexico.
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