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INDIANAPOLIS – Butler will play Indiana State at Victory Field on Tuesday night. Tickets for the contest are priced at $5.
 
Gameday Information                                                                                  
Date: May 1
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Indianapolis, Ind. | Victory Field
Live Stats: ButlerSports.com
 
Bulldog Bits                                                                                                                       
- BU won 10 games in the month of April, their highest total since 2013 (11)
- Butler's next eight games will be played at home
- Butler is ranked 126 in the most recent NCAA RPI Poll (4/29)
- BU leads the BIG EAST with 85 doubles and 18 triples this season
- Indiana State defeated Butler 6-1 in the last meeting during the 2016 season
- BU has not defeated Indiana State since 2004 (10-3, 2/29)
- Garrett Christman has reached base safely in 28-straight games
- Tyler Houston holds a .318 career batting average at Butler
- Connor Dall and Tyler Houston each hit .400 last week over a four-game span
- Gehrig Parker hit .471 last week; four of his eight total hits went for extra bases
- James Gargano hit his first collegiate home run last week at IU-Kokomo
- Joe Graziano will get the start on Tuesday; he is 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA
- Ryan Pepiot struck out 10 batters at Illinois State on Sunday afternoon
 
BIG EAST Standings
St. John's 11-1, 28-11
Seton Hall 8-1, 20-15-1
Butler 4-4, 27-12
Georgetown 4-5, 17-24
Creighton 4-7, 25-13
Xavier 4-8, 15-29
Villanova 0-9, 6-29
 
Scouting Indiana State                                                                                 
The Sycamores are 21-19 overall after picking up a 3-1 win at #24 Louisville on Sunday. CJ Huntley, Jarrod Watkins and Dane Giesler are three impact players in the ISU lineup. Huntley holds the best batting average on the team at .320. He has nine doubles, two triples and three homers on the year for 24 RBI. Watkins is one of just three players to start in all 40 games for the Sycamores. He is batting .307 with a team-high 50 hits. Fifth-year Head Coach Mitch Hannahs adds power to the lineup with first baseman Dane Giesler. The red-shirt senior has 10 home runs and a team-high 28 RBI. On the mound the Sycamores will go with Geremy Guerrero, a sophomore left-hander with a 2.12 ERA. Guerrero will be making his third start of the season and his 11th overall appearance.
 
Victory Field                                                                                                     
Butler will play Indiana State at Victory Field on Tuesday night. Victory Field is a minor league ballpark in downtown Indianapolis that plays host to the Indianapolis Indians of the International League. Built in 1996, Victory Field has been recognized as the "Best Minor League Ballpark in America" by Baseball America and Sports Illustrated. The stadium has seating for 12,230 fans and a lawn area.
 
Wild Week                                                                                                                        
Butler went 3-1 last week, but it wasn't easy. The 'Dawgs went into extra innings to take down IU-Kokomo 9-7. The very next day Butler would go into 11 innings to defeat Miami Ohio 4-3. Zach Jarosz delivered the walk-off single to score Connor Dall against the Redhawks to lift BU to victory. Just three days later the Bulldogs would find the win column again vs. Illinois State with another walk-off hit. Gehrig Parker hit a double to left that scored Tyler Houston from first base.
 
Graziano Gets the Start                                                                                
Freshman Joe Graziano will make his third start of the season for BU on Tuesday. The left-handers first start of the season came at Fort Wayne on April 10. His most recent start was at IU-Kokomo on April 24. Graziano's longest outing of the season came against the Mastodons when he tossed the opening four innings. He matched that effort on April 17 with a four-inning outing out of the bullpen. Graziano has struck out at least three batters in each of his last three outings. He has only walked five batters in 18 full innings of work.
 
Southpaw                                                                                                                          
Butler is batting .299 vs. left-handed pitchers this season. James Gargano and Tyler Houston hold the highest batting averages against southpaws. Gargano is 10-for-27 vs. lefties (.370) and Houston is batting .433 (13-for-30).
 
Up Next                                                                                                                              
Butler will host Xavier this weekend at Bulldog Park. Each program heads into the series with four conference wins. Friday's first pitch is set for 4 PM. Saturday's tilt will start at 2 PM and Sunday's game is listed as a 1 PM start.