ST. LOUIS – ESPN has notified the Missouri Valley Conference that Friday's ESPNU baseball telecast will now feature Illinois State hosting #23 Indiana State at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Ill. The ESPNU production will be shown at 1 p.m. ET. Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play) and Xavier Scruggs (analyst) will call the action.
 
The Missouri Valley Conference postponed the DBU-Missouri State baseball four-game series (Friday-Sunday, April 9-11) at Hammons Field in Springfield, Mo., due to positive COVID-19 test results within DBU's Tier I personnel, which consists of student-athletes, coaches, managers and staff.  Friday's game between the Patriots and Bears was originally slated to air on ESPNU as one of The Valley's selected games on the network.
 
Friday's selected game will feature nationally ranked Indiana State opening league play against defending regular-season champion Illinois State.  The Redbirds (11-15, 3-1 MVC) won a share of the regular-season title in 2019, while the Sycamores (13-7, 0-0 MVC) captured the MVC tournament crown at Duffy Bass Field in May of 2019.
 
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