WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Butler baseball team picked up an important win on Friday night by defeating the Georgetown Hoyas by the final score of 6-3. Butler jumped out in front 2-0 in the top of the first, but the difference came with a single run in the fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth innings to deliver a conference win over the home team.

Butler started off hot, but a costly error by Georgetown allowed the Bulldogs to score two unearned runs at the beginning of game. Miller and Small jumped on base and a two-out fielding error by the Hoya shortstop would cost Georgetown as the Bulldogs grabbed a 2-0 edge.

Nick Collins cut the deficit in half for Georgetown with an RBI single to right that sent Ryan Busch to the dish, and Busch would come up again to tie the game with an RBI of his own in the second to score Beau Hall.

The turning point in the game came with Butler producing runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh. Garrett Christman sent a single into right to score Ryan Wojciechowski in the fourth to take the lead and a Wojo groundout in the fifth allowed Tyler Houston to score an unearned run.

Butler's lead would grow with an RBI single from Houston in the seventh that sent Austin Miller to the dish and the final insurance run for Butler would cross home plate after a Wojciechowski double to left center in the top of the ninth.

Wojciechowski ended the game 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs while Miller provided a spark from the lead-off spot going 3-for-5 with two runs scored.

Butler's pitching was once again on point as Jeff Schank earned the win after going seven full innings against the Hoyas. The lefty limited G'Town to five hits and two earned runs while striking out six.

Kyle Allen served as the set-up man and Danny Pobereyko came in for the save. Allen allowed two hits during his frame which resulted in one run, but Pobereyko blazed the opposition in the ninth to strike out two of the three batters he faced.

Butler will take this win and look to build on it tomorrow with the two teams facing off again at 7 p.m.