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INDIANAPOLIS – Creighton and Butler will play a three-game series at Bulldog Park this weekend. Friday's contest will stream at 4 PM on FloSports.com as a BIG EAST Digital Network production. Game two will begin at 1 PM and the finale on Sunday will feature an 11 AM start.
 
Probable Pitchers
RHP Nick Miketinac vs. Dominic Cancellieri (RHP)
LHP Cory Bosecker vs. Ryan Windham (RHP)
RHP Lukas Galdoni vs. TBA
 
Weekend Schedule
Friday, April 28 – 4 PM
Saturday, April 29 – 1 PM
Sunday, April 30 – 11 AM
 
Scouting Creighton
The Bluejays are 19-15 overall after hosting a pair of games vs. UNLV this week. CU lost 10-7 to the Rebels on Tuesday night, but regrouped for an 8-7 walk-off win on Wednesday. In conference action, Creighton swept St. John's last weekend to move their BIG EAST record to 6-3. The conference schedule opened with Creighton hosting Villanova and winning two of three. Georgetown would then stand strong on their home diamond and record two wins against the visiting Bluejays.
 
Head Coach Ed Servais is in his 20th season at Creighton. He guided the team to a 31-win campaign in 2022 while collecting his 600th career win. The 2023 club is led by sophomore outfielder Nolan Sailors and Preseason All-BIG EAST selection Jack Grace. Sailors is batting .321 with 11 doubles, three triples and four home runs. Grace is a home run hitter at the DH spot with nine round-trippers in 2023 to lead the team. On the mound, Creighton came into the season with three all-conference talents on the roster. Ryan Windham is having the best year with a 4-1 record to go along with a 3.75 ERA. Over 50.1 innings, Windham has struck out 39 batters and has only issued 16 walks. The team strikeout leader is Dominic Cancellie and the closer is Tommy Steier.
 
Recent History vs. the Bluejays
Creighton has found success against Butler since the two teams joined the BIG EAST Conference in 2014. The Bluejays are 17-4 against BU and they have not lost to the Bulldogs since 2019. Inclement weather shortened the regular season series between the two clubs in 2021, 2018 and 2017. The 2018 series was shifted to SIUE due to heavy rainfall. Butler's last win came in the final game of the 2019 series 5-0. They split the games at SIUE in 2018 and at Bulldog Park in 2017. Butler's first conference win over CU was game two of the 2015 series.
 
BIG EAST Standings
Xavier 7-2, 26-15
UConn 6-3, 30-11
Creighton 6-3, 18-15
Seton Hall 5-4, 21-18
Georgetown 6-6, 23-18
Villanova 5-7, 10-28
St. John's 2-7, 19-18
Butler 2-7, 9-31
 
Upcoming BIG EAST Schedule
Creighton at Butler
UConn at Villanova
Seton Hall at Xavier
St. John's at Georgetown
 
BIG EAST Series Win
Butler won the first two games at Seton Hall to win their first BIG EAST series of the year. The Bulldogs ended the 2022 season by taking two of three vs. Seton Hall.
 
Last Week
Scott Jones hit .471 last week with a home run and four RBI. He was one of Bulldogs to hit over .300 during the five-game stretch. Kollyn All hit .400 with a double and a triple. Joey Urban led BU with three doubles and five RBI. Jake DeFries and Garret Gray also played well by supplying the 'Dawgs with four RBI each. On the mound, wins went to Cole Graverson and Dawson Taylor.
 
Bulldog Bits
- 171 of Butler's 306 hits this season are from newcomers (55.8%)
- Joey Urban leads the team in batting average, runs scored, hits, doubles, home runs and RBIs
- Urban and Carter Dorighi are the only Bulldogs to start in all 40 games this year
- Four of Butler's five highest scoring games this year have been recorded in the last 15 days
- Butler hit three triples on Tuesday, marking the fifth time this season they have hit three in a single-game
- Scott Jones made the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Monday 4/24
- Jones went 4-for-4 at Seton Hall on Saturday with an RBI and two runs scored
- Jones leads the BIG EAST with four triples
- DeFries, Urban, and Dorighi are right behind him with three each
- Butler leads the BIG EAST Conference and ranks 11th in the NCAA in triples with 17
- Billy Wurch ranks second in the BIG EAST in sacrifice bunts (6)
- Jake DeFries ranks third in the conference in sac flies (4)
- Joey Urban has 11 RBI over his last nine games
- Kollyn All has seven hits, five runs, and three RBI over Butler's last five games
- Xavier Carter recorded 13 hits during February and March (23 games) and has 20 in April (15 games)
- Jake DeFries had four hits, two RBI and two runs scored in the Seton Hall series
- Ryan O'Halloran had a season-high three RBI in the Saturday win over Seton Hall
- Garret Gray hit the first triple of his collegiate career Saturday in New Jersey
- Cole Graverson struck out three and only allowed one hit in two appearances at SHU (2.1 IP)
- Clay Holzworth didn't allow a run over 2.2 innings of work over the weekend
- Dawson Taylor hasn't allowed a run over his last two outings
- Cory Bosecker has thrown 90+ pitches in each of his last three starts
- Bosecker leads the team in starts (10), innings pitched (51.2) and strikeouts (53)
- Graverson, Taylor and Jon Vore have all appeared in 14 games for BU
 
Streaks
Jake DeFries and Kollyn All are both on five-game hitting streak for BU. Joey Urban has reached base safely in 11-straight games!
 
Up Next
Butler will begin the month of May with a midweek game at Evansville on Wednesday. That contest will begin at 6 PM on ESPN+.