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INDIANAPOLIS – The Bulldogs will play two midweek games before traveling to Seton Hall this weekend for more BIG EAST action. Butler will host Northern Kentucky Tuesday afternoon at Bulldog Park. The contest will begin at 4 PM. The following day, Butler will play at Purdue. The game will stream on B1G+ at 6:30 PM.
 
Week Schedule
Tuesday, April 18 vs. Northern Kentucky – 4 PM
Wednesday, April 19 at Purdue – 6:30 PM
 
Scouting Northern Kentucky
The Norse swept Oakland over the weekend to improve to 21-13 overall and take sole possession of first place in the Horizon League standings (11-4). NKU is the conference leader in batting average (.300), doubles (80), on-base percentage (.456), slugging percentage (.472), stolen bases (64) and runs scored (284). Head Coach Dizzy Peyton played at NKU and was an assistant coach for the program for 17 years before being promoted in the summer of 2021. Noah Fisher, Liam McFadden-Ackman, Colton Kucera and John Odom are all talented players in the NKU lineup. Fisher has a .361 average with 12 doubles, two triples and 10 home runs on the season for a team-best 45 RBIs. McFadden-Ackman is another power hitter in the order with 10 doubles and eight home runs this season. Kucera is tied with McFadden-Ackman with 39 hits this year, yet he has the best average on the team at .382. Odom is third on the team with a .356 batting average. A fourth player to keep an eye on is Treyvin Moss. The redshirt-senior from Fort Wayne ranks 21st in the NCAA in stolen bases with 21. NKU hosted two games last week with Aaron Massie taking the start on Tuesday and Aiden Bradbury getting the game ball on Wednesday. The Norse used seven arms in the win at Dayton and 10 pitchers in the loss at Miami Ohio.
 
Scouting Purdue
The Boilermakers are 16-18 overall after winning a weekend series at home over Penn State. The Nittany Lions scored 15 runs to defeat Purdue on Friday, but the Boilers won two on Saturday as part of a doubleheader. PU is now 7-5 in the Big Ten and 5-5 at Alexander Field in West Lafayette. They will host the Ball State Cardinals on Tuesday before Butler on Wednesday. Head Coach Greg Goff joined Purdue as an assistant in 2017, and was promoted in the summer of 2019. His 2023 roster features five players batting over .300. Jake Jarvis and Paul Toetz combine for 16 home runs and 71 total hits. Evan Albrecht has the best average on the team at .339 and Jake Parr is close behind at .320. Both Albrecht and Mike Bolton Jr. like to run once on base. Bolton leads the Boilers with 18 stolen bags and Albrecht is third on the team with 11. Purdue is officially TBA for Wednesday's starter.
 
A Year Ago
Butler split a pair of games against Northern Kentucky last year. The Bulldogs lost 13-8 at NKU, but claimed a 6-5 win at home in the rematch. In the lone game against Purdue, Butler fell to the Boilers 11-6.
 
BIG EAST Standings
UConn 4-2, 26-9
Xavier 4-2, 22-14
Seton Hall 4-2, 18-16
Georgetown 5-4, 20-16
Villanova 5-4, 9-25
Creighton 3-3, 15-14
St. John's 2-4, 18-15
Butler 0-6, 7-27
 
Upcoming BIG EAST Schedule
Xavier at Villanova
Butler at Seton Hall
Georgetown at UConn
St. John's at Creighton
 
Last Week
Carter Dorighi hit .563 over a four-game stretch last week with nine hits in 16 at-bats. The BU newcomer scored five runs, posted six RBI and also stole three bases. Xavier Carter was seeing the ball well to post a .500 batting average. He came up with seven hits, including two doubles and a triple. Scott Jones hit two triples for BU last week while Kollyn All and Garret Gray added home runs to their season totals.
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler recorded a season-high 18 hits in their last game
- The Bulldogs had 17 hits in their first game vs. Nova
- BU has now recorded 10+ hits in seven games this season
- Butler tied a season-high with 14 RBI in their last game
- BU set a new season-high total with 28 total bases
- Xavier Carter has 16 hits in the month of April including two, four-hit games
- Carter has reached base safely in five-straight games
- Carter Dorighi is batting .405 during the month of April
- Dorighi heads into the midweek games on a five-game hitting streak
- Dorighi came up with a season-high four hits in his last game
- Joey Urban has 11 multi-hit games and six contests with multiple RBIs
- Keegan Connors started at DH for BU over the weekend
- Connors had four hits and scored four runs for the Bulldogs vs. Nova
- Jake DeFries had at least one hit in all three games vs. Villanova
- Garret Gray has a home run in the final game of each BIG EAST series this year
- Scott Jones opened his last start going 2-for-2 with two triples
- Jones has four triples this season, but has yet to hit a double
- Nick Miketinac threw a season-high 57 pitches in his last start
- Lukas Galdoni had his longest outing of the season over the weekend (5.1 IP)
- Cole Graverson threw at least one inning in all three games vs. Villanova
- Cade Thune got the start for Butler during last week's Tuesday game
- Cory Bosecker threw a season-high 109 pitches in his last start vs. Villanova
 
Up Next
Butler will play at Seton Hall this weekend. The three-game series will run from April 21-23. All three games will stream on FloSports.com.