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The 2017 NAIA baseball tournament was the 61st edition of the NAIA baseball championship. The 46-team tournament began on May 15 with Opening Round games across nine different sites and concluded with the 2017 NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho that began on May 26 and ended on June 2. In a rematch of the previous year's championship game, Lewis–Clark State (ID) defeated Faulkner (AL) 6–4 in a winner-take-all championship game for their third straight title and their 19th title in program history. Faulkner forced a winner-take-all championship with a 6–5 victory over Lewis–Clark State the night before.
The 46 participating teams were selected from all eligible NAIA teams with the World Series host receiving an automatic bid to the NAIA World Series. The remaining 45 teams participated in the Opening Round with 30 teams being awarded automatic bids as either champions and/or runners-up of their conferences, and 15 teams were selected at-large by the National Selection Committee. Teams were then placed into one of nine pre-determined Opening Round sites of five teams a piece, each of which is conducted via a double-elimination tournament. The winners of each of the Opening Round sites plus the World Series host team participated in the NAIA World Series.
Tournament procedure
A total of 46 teams entered the tournament. As World Series host, Lewis–Clark State received an automatic bid into the NAIA World Series. 30 automatic bids were determined by either winning their conference's regular season championship, conference tournament, and/or conference tournament runner-up. The other 15 bids were at-large, with selections determined by the NAIA Baseball National Selection Committee.
Opening round hosts
On May 1, the NAIA announced the nine opening round host sites, which were played from May 15–18.
Bids
= Automatic
== At–Large
=Opening Round
Source:
= Bartlesville Bracket
=Hosted by Oklahoma Wesleyan at Bill Doenges Memorial Stadium
= Bellevue Bracket
=Hosted by Bellevue (NE) at Don Roddy Field
= Hattiesburg Bracket
=Hosted by William Carey (MS) at Milton Wheeler Field
= Hutchinson Bracket
=Hosted by Tabor (KS) at Hobart-Detter Field and Rice Field
= Kingsport Bracket
=Hosted by Kingsport CVB & Appalachian Athletic Conference at Hunter Wright Stadium
= Lawrenceville Bracket
=Hosted by Georgia Gwinnett at Grizzly Baseball Field
= Lima Bracket
=Hosted by Northwestern Ohio at St. Rita's Sports Complex
= Montgomery Bracket
=Hosted by Faulkner (AL) at Harrison Field
= Oklahoma City Bracket
=Hosted by Oklahoma City at Jim Wade Stadium
NAIA World Series
The NAIA World Series was held at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho.
= Participants
== Bracket
=Preliminary Bracket
Championship Bracket
= Game Results
=All game times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00).
Preliminary Bracket
Championship Bracket
Championship Games
= Game 1 =
= Game 2 =
See also
2017 NAIA softball tournament
2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
2017 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
2017 NCAA Division III baseball tournament