CHARLESTON – The Butler baseball team recorded two wins on Sunday at Coaches Stadium against Eastern Illinois. Game one was a marathon that went into extra innings. The Bulldogs would come up with 17 hits and eventually push the game-winning run across home plate in the 14th inning to win 6-5. The nightcap was limited to just seven innings with Butler shutting EIU out 2-0.
 
The first game of Sunday's doubleheader was a wild one. Butler erased an early 2-0 deficit to tie the game in the sixth, and the 'Dawgs looked to be in the driver's seat before a three-run bottom of the ninth inning from EIU.
 
The 5-5 tie would run all the way to the 14th inning before BU scored on a single through the left side of the infield. Evan Parks came up with the game-winner to score Garret Gray. Ryan O'Halloran and Xavier Carter were each in the box score with four hits for the Bulldogs. O'Halloran added an RBI along with Cade Vota. Kyle Van Liere led the team with two RBI's in the contest.
 
Lukas Galdoni got the start and would strike out six Panthers over 4.2 innings. Aaron Barokas would match Galdoni with 4.2 innings of action. Barokas picked up his second win of the season on the mound and Dawson Taylor entered the game for the save.
 
Game two got started with a Xavier Carter home run in the top of the second inning. The solo shot put BU in front and Joey Urban would add an insurance run in the sixth by scoring off a wild pitch.
 
Nick Miketinac got the start, but the win would go to Cole Graverson. Miketinac handed the ball to Graverson in the third inning and he would go the rest of the way. Graverson struck out five batters over five frames. He only allowed one hit and didn't issue a walk.
 
The Bulldogs will look to ride this momentum into the start of conference play. Butler will play at Xavier this weekend. The three-game series in Cincinnati will be played Thursday through Saturday due to Easter being on Sunday.