GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS
 
INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler baseball team will host the Toledo Rockets this Wednesday, May 9. First pitch at Bulldog Park is set for 4 PM.
 
Bulldog Bits                                                                                                                       
- With a victory on Wednesday, Butler will hit the 30-win mark for just the sixth time
- Butler has recorded 10 wins at home, nine on the road and 10 at a neutral site
- The top four batting averages on the BU roster all belong to seniors
- Garrett Christman is the first Bulldog to record 40+ RBIs since 2015
- BU leads the conference and ranks seventh in the NCAA with 18 triples
- The 'Dawgs also lead the BIG EAST in double plays with 38
- Jack Pilcher picked up his team-best seventh save of the season against Xavier
- Toledo is the final non-conference opponent to play at Bulldog Park this season
- This is the first meeting between Butler and Toledo since 2005
- BU and Toledo split a two-game series in '05; Toledo won 8-1, BU won 9-7
- BU is 4-1 vs. MAC opponents this season (Ball State, Western Michigan, Miami)
- Sunday's game between Butler and Georgetown will stream on BEDN (1PM)
- Senior day for BU will fall on Sunday, May 13 vs. Georgetown
 
BIG EAST Standings
St. John's 11-1, 32-11
Seton Hall 10-2, 23-16-1
Georgetown 7-5, 21-24
Butler 6-5, 29-14
Creighton 5-9, 26-15
Xavier 5-10, 16-31
Villanova 0-12, 8-32
 
Scouting Toledo
Toledo is 16-27 with a game against Youngstown State on the docket this afternoon. The player to keep an eye on in the Toledo lineup is centerfielder Ross Adolph. The 6-1 junior is batting .335 with 10 doubles, six triples and a team-high 12 home runs. He is the team leader with 46 RBI and 41 runs scored. Defensively, Toledo will throw Kyle Bischoff. The true freshman is 0-1 this year with a 15.51 ERA.
 
Jarosz Jumps to Lead-off Spot                                                                   
Sophomore second baseman Zach Jarosz is batting .400 over Butler's last seven games. He recorded 10 hits in 25 at-bats and has supplied the team with five RBI and six runs scored during that span.
 
30-Win Mark                                                                                                                     
Butler went 31-20 last year to reach the 30-win mark for the first time since 2003. A win on Wednesday would improve Butler's record to 30-14. The school record for most wins in a season stands at 34, a total set in back to back seasons (2002-2003). Butler also reached 30+ wins in 1998 and 2000.
 
Tyler Houston Hit Count                                                                                              
Tyler Houston heads into the final eight games of the regular season with 66 hits. The school record for hits in a season at Butler is 81, a total held by Dale Mueller during the 2003 campaign. No other Bulldog between '03 and '18 have reached 70 hits in a year.
 
Look Around the League                                                                                             
With six conference wins, the Bulldogs currently rank fourth in the BIG EAST standings. The Hoyas occupy the third spot with a 7-5 record and both St. John's and Seton Hall are tournament bound with 10+ wins against conference foes. In order for Butler to remain in the top four of the standings and make the conference tournament they will need to hold off Creighton (5-9) and Xavier (5-10). They split a two-game series vs. Creighton earlier this season and are coming off a 2-1 weekend against the Musketeers.
 
Parker Lands on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll                                    
Gehrig Parker helped Butler to a series win over Xavier by batting .417 (5-for-12) in the series, .312 for the week (5-for-16). Against Xavier, he had three runs, four RBI, a double and a home run for two wins. In the only loss of the weekend, Parker went 2-for-5 with two runs. On Saturday's game to tie the series, he iced the game with a three-run home run.
 
Up Next                                                                                                                              
Butler will host a three-game series against Georgetown this weekend. The final three home games of the season will be played from May 11-13. Sunday's contest will stream on BEDN and double as Senior Day for Cole Malloy, Josh Walker, Tyler Houston, Garrett Christman, Gehrig Parker and Michael Hartnagel.