INDIANAPOLIS – The Evansville Purple Aces limited Butler to just two hits on Wednesday night to defeat the Bulldogs by the final score of 4-1. BU will now shift their focus to an upcoming three-game BIG EAST series at Georgetown.
 
Tyler Denu, John MacCauley, Max Hansmann and Nate Hardman kept the Bulldog bats quiet in Evansville. Denu recorded his fourth win on the mound. He struck out seven batters over four innings and only walked one Bulldog. MacCauley is a graduate transfer from Butler. He threw three clean innings and struck out two. Hansmann threw the eighth and Hardman collected his sixth save to finish the action.
 
For BU, Cade Thune got the start, but the loss went to Luke Zmolik. Shane Kilfoyle, Jon Vore, Ben Whiteside and Cooper Robinson also touched the rubber for the 'Dawgs.
 
The game got underway with the Purple Aces scoring a single run in the first inning off an RBI single from Waggoner. BU tied it up in the fourth by capitalizing on a Purple Ace error. Ryan O'Halloran put the ball in play to score Scott Jones.
 
The go-ahead run came quickly after as Danny Borgstrom hit a solo home run down the line in right. Insurance runs for the home team came in the sixth. Brendan Hord doubled to center to score Borgstrom and the game would end at 4-1 after a BU error helped Hord score.
 
Jones and Carter Dorighi were responsible for the BU hits on Wednesday night. The middle of the Evansville order did the damage for the Aces. Evan Waggoner, Borgstrom and Hord combined for four hits, three RBI and three runs scored.