INDIANAPOLIS – The Bulldogs will begin an eight-game road trip this weekend with a three-game series at Georgetown. All three contests will be played at the Washington Nationals Youth Academy. Friday's tilt will start at 6:30 PM and Saturday's game has also been adjusted to 6:30 PM. The getaway game will be pushed up to 1 PM.
 
Weekend Schedule
Friday, May 5 – 6:30 PM
Saturday, May 6 – 6:30 PM
Sunday, May 7 – 1:00 PM
 
Scouting Georgetown
The Hoyas lost at Towson Wednesday night to move their overall record to 24-21. The team is 7-7 in BIG EAST play with weekend wins over Villanova (2-1) and Creighton (2-1). GU most recently split a pair of games at home vs. St. John's. The third game of the series was canceled due to weather. No BIG EAST team has been able to sweep the Hoyas in 2023. They took game two at Seton Hall and avoided a sweep at UConn by winning game three. Head Coach Edwin Thompson took over the program in the fall of 2020. He guided the Hoyas to the BIG EAST Tournament in 2022 and claimed conference Coaching Staff of the Year honors. The 2023 club is led by Jake Hyde, Ubaldo Lopez and Preseason All-BIG EAST selection Owen Carapellotti. Hyde is the hit leader with 59 in 45 starts. Lopez leads Georgetown in doubles (12), home runs (15) and walks (29). Carapellotti is great behind the plate defensively and bats .281 for the Hoyas. He has 50 hits this season and is second on the team in runs scored (42). As a team, Georgetown ranks second in the BIG EAST in home runs (66) and third in slugging percentage (.476). Defensively they rank second in both strikeouts per nine innings (9.0) and double plays (37).
 
Recent History vs. the Hoyas
Georgetown and Butler are evenly matched conference foes. Since joining the BIG EAST in 2014, Butler is 13-12 against the Hoyas and 7-6 when playing in D.C. Neither team has ever swept a full three-game series.
 
BIG EAST Standings
Creighton 9-3, 22-15
UConn 8-3, 32-11
Xavier 8-4, 27-17
Seton Hall 7-5, 25-19
Georgetown 7-7, 24-21
Villanova 5-9, 11-30
St. John's 3-8, 20-21
Butler 2-10, 9-35
 
Upcoming BIG EAST Schedule
Butler at Georgetown
Villanova at St. John's
Xavier at Creighton
Seton Hall at UConn
 
Last Week
Jake DeFries led Butler from the plate last week with a .429 batting average. Carter Dorighi, Keegan Connors and Garret Gray also batted over .300 for BU during the four-game stretch. Eight different Bulldogs had at least one RBI, but no player had more than two (Urban). Scott Jones and Xavier Carter hit solo home runs while Dorighi and Ryan O'Halloran each came up with a triple. On the mound, Shane Kilfoyle led BU in strikeouts (5) and Cory Bosecker led the team in innings pitched (6.0).
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler leads the BIG EAST and ranks 10th in the NCAA in triples (18)
- 186 of Butler's 332 hits this season are from newcomers (56.0%)
- The Bulldogs had 10 hits in two of three games vs. Creighton
- Butler's lone win in a night game came April 21st at Seton Hall
- Butler hit seven home runs in the Xavier series and had four triples vs. Villanova
- Joey Urban (49) and Carter Dorighi (49) are battling for the team lead in hits
- Dorighi has reached base safely in five-straight games
- Dorighi has six hits over Butler's last five games
- Urban has a team-best 14 multi-hit games this year
- Cory Bosecker leads the club in strikeouts (55) and innings pitched (57.2)
- Bosecker only allowed two hits in his last start vs. Creighton (83 pitches / 6.0 IP)
- Lukas Galdoni earned a save against Georgetown last year by tossing two innings
- Scott Jones hit a three-run home run vs. the Hoyas last year
- Dominic Milano homered and had a double in Butler's win over GU last year
- Kollyn All homered in game one of the GU series a year ago
 
Up Next
Butler's final two midweek games will be played on the road. The Bulldogs will face Northern Kentucky in Highland Heights on Tuesday at 4 PM. BU will head to Dayton the following day to face the Flyers at 11 AM.