INDIANAPOLIS – Butler held a slim lead for seven innings on Saturday afternoon, but four Pirate runs for Seton Hall over the final two frames would decide the outcome giving the visitors a 5-2 win. Nick Bartolone and Mike Kseniak led BU offensively on Senior Day with two hits each. They were two of nine seniors recognized today before first pitch.

The third game of the weekend series started off on a positive note with Butler executing a hit and run that would move Bartolone to third base in the bottom of the second inning. He would come home to score the first run of the game off a bunt RBI single from Kseniak to give BU some momentum.

Yet another senior would get involved for Butler in the last game of the regular season in the fourth inning as Drew Small smashed his first home run of the season over the wall in left field. This came just one inning after Tyler Houston was robbed of a home run by a great defensive play by Zack Weigel.

Butler's lead would be cut in half in the fifth inning as the Pirates finally connected off Jeff Schank. Chris Chiaradio drove a ball into left field allowing Ryan Ramiz to score all the way around from first base. It was just the second hit of the game off Schank as Ramiz walked with two outs to extend the inning.

Schank would leave the game at the start of the eighth with Butler leading 2-1. He only allowed two hits which resulted in one earned run. He was also in the box score with three strikeouts and five walks.

Schank handed the ball off to senior Tyler Rathjen who took the rubber for the eighth. Rathjen nearly got the job done, but an unearned run off a Jackson Martin single would tie the game at 2-2.

The Bulldogs went down in order in the eighth and would be tagged with three runs in the top half of the ninth. Butler would force a pitching change during their last at-bats with Bartolone and Kseniak each picking up hits in crunch time, but Chris Morris would come in for the final out to seal the win.

The Bulldogs finish the 2016 season with a 14-40 overall record that includes a 4-14 mark against conference opponents.