INDIANAPOLIS – Butler scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to pull out a 6-3 win over Western Illinois on Monday afternoon. Travis Holt tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with his first home run of the season and BU would score three more runs in the eighth off two hits.
 
Cole McDaniel and Lukas Galdoni were the only Bulldogs needed on the mound Monday at Bulldog Park. McDaniel threw the first six innings and struck out four Leathernecks. He only walked one and limited the visitors to just two runs off five hits. Galdoni took the ball and got Butler to the finish line by tossing the final three frames. He struck out three and walked two, resulting in his first win on the mound.
 
WIU led 2-0 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning. Holt got Butler going with an RBI single to left centerfield to score Kollyn All, then Butler would tie the game at 2-2 in the sixth with a RBI single from Nick Ortega.
 
Holt and Ortega were huge in the outcome today, combining for five hits, four RBI and two runs scored. Holt homered to right in the seventh and Ortega gave BU a 4-3 lead in the eighth with a single to left. A hard groundout by Ryan O'Halloran would score Ortega and increase the BU lead to 5-3. The final run came home on a wild pitch.
 
Butler will return to action tomorrow with a game at Illinois. First pitch is set for 5 PM.