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INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler Bulldogs will play a three-game series against #9 UConn at Elliot Ballpark this weekend. Friday's game will end under the lights with a 6 PM first pitch. Saturday's contest will move up to 2 PM and the getaway game will get underway at 12 PM. Every game will stream on UConn+.
 
Weekend Schedule
Friday, May 12 – 6 PM
Saturday, May 13 – 2 PM
Sunday, May 14 – 12 PM

Probable Pitchers
RHP Dawson Taylor vs. LHP Andrew Sears
LHP Cory Bosecker vs. RHP Stephen Quigley
RHP Lukas Galdoni vs. RHP Ian Cooke
 
Scouting #9 UConn
The Huskies and Xavier Musketeers are battling for the top spot in the BIG EAST standings with 11 conference wins each. UConn took two of three at St. John's to open the conference slate. They won two of three vs. Xavier and Georgetown before sweeping Villanova and Seton Hall. The ninth-best team in the country will host the Bulldogs for the first time this weekend.
 
Head Coach Jim Penders entered his 20th season at UConn in 2023. He guided UConn to a 50-win season in 2022 that ended with a trip to the NCAA Super Regionals. The 2023 team is sitting on 36 wins late in the year. Dominic Freeberger, Jake Studley and Luke Broadhurst are the players to keep an eye on. Freeberger leads the club with 67 hits and 53 RBI. Studley has 64 hits over 47 starts including 12 doubles, two triples and seven home runs. Broadhurst heads into the weekend with 12 doubles and a team-best 11 home runs.
 
Recent History vs. the Huskies
UConn was ranked No. 15 when they visited Indianapolis in 2022. The Huskies and Bulldogs went into extra innings to decide game one. In the end, UConn would record an 8-7 victory and push forward to sweep the series. The 2021 series was set to be played in Storrs, but travel issues canceled all three games.
 
BIG EAST Standings
#9 UConn 11-3, 36-11
Xavier 11-4, 30-18
Creighton 9-6, 23-19
Georgetown 8-9, 27-23
Seton Hall 7-8, 25-22
Villanova 7-10, 13-32
St. John's, 4-10, 23-23
Butler 4-11, 11-38
 
Upcoming BIG EAST Schedule
Xavier at St. John's
Creighton at Seton Hall
Butler at UConn
 
Midweek Matchups
Butler took two 7-6 losses during midweek action. Northern Kentucky broke a 6-6 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning to come up with a win at Friendship Field and the Dayton Flyers would score four runs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat BU at Woerner Field. Butler had three more hits than their opponent in each game.
 
The Bulldogs had eight extra-base hits over the two game period. Scott Jones had a two-RBI double in each game and led BU with five RBIs. Ryan O'Halloran hit .571 with four hits in seven at-bats and Xavier Carter hit .400.
 
Bosecker Lands on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Pitching five innings in a win at Georgetown, Cory Bosecker allowed just one hit and no earned runs, while striking out six batters.
 
Fantastic Freshman
Joey Urban heads into the weekend with a team-high 16 doubles. The Butler single-season record is 20, set by Ryan Wojciechowski during the 2015 campaign. Urban has hit four doubles over his last four games and currently ranks third in the BIG EAST.
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler's last win over a ranked opponent came on May 18, 2018 at #12 St. John's
- Butler leads the BIG EAST and ranks 14th in the country in triples (19)
- Nine different Bulldogs have hit a triple this season
- Scott Jones and Jake DeFries share the conference lead with four triples each
- Jones is on a six-game hitting streak
- Jones owns a .348 batting average over 12 BIG EAST games
- DeFries is batting .317 over 13 BIG EAST games
- Garret Gray, Joey Urban and Ryan O'Halloran have reached base safely in five-straight games
- Urban leads the team with 57 hits
- Carter Dorighi has a team-best 21 hits vs. conference foes
- Dorighi, Urban, Xavier Cater, Kollyn All and Gray have started in all 15 BIG EAST games
- Cory Bosecker has a team-high 61 strikeouts this year to move his career total to 154
- Bosecker has only allowed three hits over his last two starts (11 IP)
- Bosecker's ERA over five BIG EAST starts is 3.54
- Kollyn All has played in 145 games at Butler, making 120 starts
- All need two hits to reach 100 in his BU career
- Clay Holzworth has only walked one batter over his last 9.2 innings
- Holzworth and Cole Graverson have each appeared in eight BIG EAST games this season
- Butler only won one BIG EAST weekend series in 2022, they have now won two in 2023
- Butler set season-high marks in runs (20), hits (18), RBIs (20) and doubles (6) at Georgetown
- The Bulldogs have won seven games on the road this year after winning just five the year prior
- UConn has only lost three home games this season (#14 Boston College, Northeastern, Georgetown)

Up Next
Butler will end the 2023 regular season with a three-game home series vs. St. John's. Games will be played on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Bulldog Park. The first two contests will get started at 3 PM and the finale will be pushed up to 1 PM.