INDIANAPOLIS – Eastern Illinois improved to 23-15 on the year with an 11-2 victory at Bulldog Park on Tuesday afternoon. Kolten Poorman and Nicholas Rucker combined for seven RBI to hand Butler the loss. BU heads into their weekend series vs. Creighton with a 9-31 record.
 
A base-clearing double from Rucker and a triple by Ryan Ignoffo helped EIU open up a 5-0 lead against Butler. The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard in the third with a Joey Urban doubled that scored Dorighi. Urban was responsible for each BU RBI on the day as he also delivered a sac fly in the bottom of the fifth. The true freshman ended the day 2-for-3 from the plate. Carter Dorighi also had a multi-hit game for the Bulldogs.
 
EIU added three runs in the fifth and would score their final run in the eighth. Jackson Nichols got the start and the win for the Panthers. He threw six innings and limited BU to just two runs. Jack Potteiger and Zane Robbins also touched the rubber for the visitors.
 
Seven different Bulldogs saw the mound on Tuesday. Shane Kilfoyle was hit with the loss after giving up a run in the first. Cooper Robinson had the best numbers of any BU arm with three strikeouts in two innings.
 
Butler will regroup and look forward to a BIG EAST series against Creighton this weekend.