INDIANAPOLIS – Tied 4-4 after six innings, game three of the final BIG EAST series of the season for both Butler and St. John's was broken open when the Red Storm scored 10 runs in the game's final three innings. The final score at Bulldog Park was 14-4 in favor of the visitors. Fifteen Bulldog seniors were recognized for their contributions to Butler Baseball with Senior Day festivities prior to the first pitch.
St. John's opened the scoring right out of the gate. With one runner on, in the top of the first, the Johnnies used back-to-back singles to score the first run of the game. In the home-half of the inning,
Joey Urban reached base on an error and then scored on a
Carter Dorighi double.
Xavier Carter reached on a second Red Storm error, pushing Dorighi to third, and Dorighi tagged home after
Scott Jones hit into a fielder's choice. Butler led, 2-1, after one complete.
The Bulldogs added a third run in the second inning when
Ryan O'Halloran (2-4, 2B, R) doubled and, during the next at bat, crossed the plate on an errant throw to second by St. John's catcher, Jimmy Keenan.
In the third, the Red Storm plated three, first on a double paired with a sacrifice fly, and then on a two-run homer by Keenan. St. John's held a 4-3 lead going into the fourth.
Butler tied the game at four when
Jake DeFries (2-4, 2B, 2 SB, R) hit a double to right field and later scored after Red Storm left fielder Paul Orban misplayed a single by Urban. The score remained 4-4 through six complete innings.
St. John's scored three runs in the seventh inning, three in the eighth, and four in the ninth to put the game away.
Tyler Roche picked up the win for St. John's, while Butler's
Clay Holzworth was tagged with the loss.