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The 2026 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship continued with a pair of games on Wednesday. This year marks the 47th OVC Baseball Tournament (the first elimination style event was held in 1979).
The event is being held May 19-23 at Mtn Dew Park in Marion, Illinois. The venue opened in 2007 and was previously known as Rent One Park. It is now home to the Prospect League Team the Thrillville Thrillbillies, who began play in the summer of 2023. This year marks the fifth time the event has been held at the venue (2019, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026); the event will be held at the venue through 2029.
Tickets are $30 for an all-session pass, $10 per adult per day and $5 per day for children (18 and under) and college students with valid ID and can be purchased online or in-person at Mt Dew Park. All seats are general admission for the OVC Championship.
Fans can watch the entire 2026 OVC Baseball Tournament live on ESPN+.
Game 3: #3 Southeast Missouri 2, #6 Lindenwood 1
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Game 4: #4 Little Rock 7, #8 Southern Indiana 3
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#3 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 2, #6 LINDENWOOD 1
MARION, Ill. - Southeast Missouri Baseball (39-16) secured a narrow 2–1 victory over Lindenwood (30-27) at Mtn. Dew Park on Wednesday. Southeast Missouri's winning runs came in the eighth inning, highlighted by two home runs, while their pitching staff held Lindenwood to just one run on seven hits.
SEMO broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the eighth inning. Brooks Kettering launched a solo home run to deep right field, his fifth of the season. Cal Sullivan followed with another solo homer to left field, marking his 15th of the season. This back-to-back power display put the Redhawks ahead 2–0 through eight innings.
In the ninth inning, Lindenwood managed to score on an RBI single by Sam Driscoll, bringing Will Geary home from second base. However, the late effort was not enough to overcome the lead established by Southeast Missouri.
#4 LITTLE ROCK 7, #8 SOUTHERN INDIANA 3
MARION, Ill. - Little Rock used a three-run seventh inning and added insurance in the eighth to pull away for a 7-3 victory over Southern Indiana Wednesday night at Mtn Dew Park, advancing in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
The Trojans improved to 31-25 overall and moved deeper into the double-elimination bracket behind timely hitting, strong bullpen work and another gritty postseason performance.
The Trojans take on No. 1 seed SIUE at 1 p.m., Thursday. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and can also be heard on 106.7 Buz2.
Southern Indiana grabbed the early lead in the fourth inning when Parker Martin launched a two-run homer to right field, but the Trojans answered immediately in the bottom half of the inning.
Blake Simpson got Little Rock on the board with an RBI single to center, scoring Smith. Later in the inning, Nico Baumbach delivered a game-tying RBI single to shallow right field that plated Simpson and evened the score at 2-2.'
The Screaming Eagles briefly reclaimed the lead in the seventh on Hunter Miller's RBI single, but the Trojans responded with their biggest inning of the night.
After Trey Hill scored on a passed ball to tie the game, Smith lined a two-run single to center field, bringing home Cooper Chaplain and Jerdy Lopez to give Little Rock a 5-3 advantage.
The Trojans added two more runs in the eighth when Chaplain ripped a two-run triple to right center, scoring Ty Rhoades and Hill to extend the lead to 7-3.
Little Rock finished with 11 hits on the night, led by Smith and Chaplain with two hits apiece. Smith drove in two runs, while Chaplain added two RBI and scored once. Baumbach also recorded a pair of hits and an RBI.
Brannon Westmoreland gave the Trojans another quality postseason start, working 6.1 innings while allowing three runs on eight hits. Redshirt freshman reliever Tag Andrews shut the door out of the bullpen, tossing 2.2 scoreless innings and allowing just one hit while striking out two to earn the victory.