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INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler baseball team will host Saint Francis this Thursday afternoon at 4 PM. The game was a late add to the schedule after weather knocked out contests vs. Dayton and DePauw earlier this week.

Bulldog Bits                                                                                                                       
- Connor Mitchell was named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (3/19)
- Tyler Houston recorded seven RBI in a single-game at Western Michigan
- Houston hit three doubles and one home run in the final game against the Broncos
- Butler ranks second in the BIG EAST in batting average (.279) and team ERA (2.76)
- The Bulldogs post the best fielding percentage in the conference at .981
- BU also leads the league in on-base % (.383), runs (128), hits (171), and RBI (111)
- Tyler Houston leads the BIG EAST Conference with 28 hits on the year
- Michael Hartnagel has reached base in 18-straight games
- The BU pitching staff has 163 strikeouts and just 63 walks
 
Mitchell Named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week
Butler redshirt junior Connor Mitchell threw a complete game, two-hit shutout against Western Michigan on Friday afternoon to lead Butler to a 3-0 victory. The lefty struck out 10 batters and issued just one walk over nine innings of work. He threw 106 pitches total. Mitchell had his no-hitter broken up in the bottom of the sixth inning. His only other hit was recorded in the seventh. Mitchell advanced to 2-0 on the year with a 2.08 ERA. He leads Butler with 34 strikeouts.
 
Houston Lands on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Tyler Houston hit .476 (10-for-21) in a 3-1 week for Butler with a pair of wins over Western Michigan and a midweek victory at home over Ball State. Five of his 10 hits went for extras. He had four doubles and a home run to post a .810 slugging percentage.  He had seven RBI, all in one game, one shy of tying the Butler school record which was set in 1999 (David Carr) and matched in 2003 (Paul Beck).
 
Double Up
Tyler Houston became the 10th player in program history to record three doubles in a single game. The BU slugger struck out in his first at-bat at Western Michigan, but led off the third inning with a double. Houston doubled again in the fourth and would clear the bases with his third double of the game in the fifth. The Broncos got Houston to ground out in the seventh, but the senior returned to the dish in the ninth to hit his first home run of the season.

Up Next
Butler will host a three-game series against Valparaiso this weekend. Friday's tilt at 4 PM will stream on Facebook Live.