INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler Bulldogs improved to 16-3 on the year after recording an 11-1 win at home against Saint Francis. The game was called after the top of the seventh inning with BU holding a 10-run lead. Butler will now prep for a three-game series this weekend against Valparaiso.
 
Butler scored first by pushing a pair of runs across home plate in the bottom of the second inning. Each team would score in the third to make the game 3-1, but a seven-run fourth inning followed by a single score in the fifth would give the Bulldogs the 10-run lead.
 
Duncan Hewitt was excellent in the win, going 3-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored. All three of Hewitt's hits went for extra bases. He ended the day with two doubles and a triple.
 
Senior outfielder Tyler Houston went 2-for-3 from the dish on Thursday afternoon with an RBI and two runs scored. Houston hit two doubles against Saint Francis to move his season total 12.
 
Additional extra base hits belonged to Garrett Christman and Justin Hensley. Christman smashed a ball off the wall in right field and Hensley entered the game at first base to connect on his lone at-bat.
 
The win went to freshman Jack Myers, the first of his young career. Joe Graziano, Brock Balderson, Austin Waeghe, Grant Hurn and John MacCauley also saw time on the mound. As a staff, BU struck out seven batters and only issued one walk.