# 2013 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

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 |
| Illinois State | 16 | 5 | .762 | – | 1 |
| Wichita State | 15 | 6 | .714 | 1 | 2 |
| Creighton | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3 | 3 |
| Missouri State | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4 | 4 |
| Evansville | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5.5 | 5 |
| Indiana State | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6.5 | 6 |
| Southern Illinois | 6 | 15 | .286 | 10 | 7 |
| Bradley | 2 | 19 | .095 | 14 | 8 |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Illinois State | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bradley | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bradley | 1 | 1 | Illinois State | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Missouri State | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Missouri State | 2 | 4 | Missouri State | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Evansville | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Evansville | 1 | | | | 1 | Illinois State | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Evansville | 3 | | | | |
| 8 | Bradley | 3 | | | | 5 | Evansville | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | Evansville | 4 | 4 | Missouri State | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Evansville | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Illinois State | 2 |
| 2 | Wichita State | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | Illinois State | 2 |
| 2 | Wichita State | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | Wichita State | 5 |
| 7 | Southern Illinois | 5 | | | | | | | | 2 | Wichita State | 5 |
| 7 | Southern Illinois | 5 | 7 | Southern Illinois | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Indiana State | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Creighton | 3 | 6 | Indiana State | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Indiana State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Indiana State | 4 | | | | 6 | Indiana State | 0 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Wichita State | 5 | 5 | | | |
| 2 | Wichita State | 11 | | | | 2 | Wichita State | 5 | 5 | | | |
| 3 | Creighton | 4 | 7 | Southern Illinois | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Wichita State | 15 | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| POS | Name | School |
| 1B | Kyle Stanton | Illinois State |
| 2B | Tanner Dearman | Wichita State |
| SS | Brett Kay | Illinois State |
| 3B | Eric Harbutz | Wichita State |
| C | Mike Hollenbeck | Illinois State |
| UT | Tyler Baker | Wichita State |
| DH | Johnny Coy | Wichita State |
| OF | Garrett Bayliff | Wichita State |
| OF | Chad Hinshaw | Illinois State |
| OF | Mikel Muhca | Wichita State |
| P | Kris Gardner | Wichita State |
| P | Dan Savas | Illinois State |

### Most Outstanding Player

Wichita State outfielder Garrett Bayliff was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.