The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25. All eight teams will participate in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Illinois State's Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams will play 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 16 5 .762 – 1 15 6 .714 1 2 13 8 .619 3 3 12 9 .571 4 4 10 10 .500 5.5 5 9 11 .450 6.5 6 6 15 .286 10 7 2 19 .095 14 8
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. POSNameSchool1B Kyle Stanton Illinois State2B Tanner Dearman Wichita StateSS Brett Kay Illinois State3B Eric Harbutz Wichita StateC Mike Hollenbeck Illinois StateUT Tyler Baker Wichita StateDH Johnny Coy Wichita StateOF Garrett Bayliff Wichita StateOF Chad Hinshaw Illinois StateOF Mikel Muhca Wichita StateP Kris Gardner Wichita StateP Dan Savas Illinois State
Most Outstanding Player Wichita State outfielder Garrett Bayliff was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
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