QUEENS, N.Y. – Butler and Seton Hall would split a pair of 10 inning games on Saturday with the Pirates winning the first and Butler finding the win column in the nightcap. The Bulldogs are now 21-19 overall with a 3-7 mark against BIG EAST opponents.
 
Ryan Pepiot made school history in game one by recording five strikeouts. The outing moved his career strikeout total to 283, passing the old school record of 280 held by Pat Neshek. Pepiot left the game after four innings. Joe Graziano and Greg Gilbert would also see action, but the loss would land on Quentin Miller (1-1).
 
Butler's offense was provided by Harrison Freed and Robbie McCargar. Freed went 4-for-5 from the plate with a double, a home run and four RBI. McCargar followed in the order as the BU clean-up man. He went 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI.
 
Freed opened up the scoring in the first with a double to left that scored Zach Jarosz. McCargar would then find room through the right side of the infield with a two-RBI hit that allowed Kyle Smith and Freed to come around and score.
 
The Pirates got two of those runs back in the bottom half of the first courtesy of Del Castillo and Dana.
 
Freed stayed hot in the second by delivering his 14th home run of the season. The three-run shot over the wall in right made the score 6-2 in favor of the 'Dawgs.
 
Momentum would not stay with Butler as Toke answered with a three-run homer in the bottom of the third.
 
Each club pushed a run across home plate in the fourth. McCargar doubled to left center to score Smith, but Shedler would respond with a double of his own to score Huntzinger.
 
RBI singles from Santorelli and Hood would give the home team a small advantage in the bottom of the fifth inning. Butler would knot the score later in the seventh after an RBI single from Conner Christman.
 
The Bulldogs were unable to score in the top of the 10th and a bases loaded walk would signal the end of the contest as Esposito watched ball four get to the BU catcher.
 
Game two was another 10-inning affair, but this time the Bulldogs would come out on top 5-4. Jack Myers improved to 2-1 on the mound. He tossed the final two innings after a stellar performance from Connor Schultz. Butler got eight full innings from Schultz which included seven strikeouts and just one walk.
 
Butler notched 11 total hits and picked up four RBI from four different players. Kollyn All walked with the bases loaded to put BU out in front 1-0. The scoreboard would read 2-0 in the second after an RBI single back up the middle by Freed and Christman would add to his RBI total in the top of three to score McCargar.
 
SHU would score single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth to tie the game. Del Castillo, Grober and Toke would do the damage and eventually would get Schultz off the mound.
 
BU took control in the 10th with Connor Dall scoring on a wild pitch and Zach Parker touching home plate on a Brody McGrath double. The game would get tight in the bottom of 10, but Myers got a ground out to end the night with BU on top 5-4.
 
These two evenly matched teams will decide the weekend series tomorrow at 1 PM.