INDIANAPOLIS – Butler and Bradley will play a three-game series in Winter Haven, Florida this week as part of their spring break trip. The Bulldogs won two of three last weekend in the Grind City Classic to improve their overall record to 6-7. Bradley heads into the matchup at 4-11.
 
Weekend Schedule
Thursday – 4 PM
Friday – 4:30 PM
Saturday – 10 AM
 
Scouting Bradley
The Braves traveled to Florida last weekend to play a four-game series at Stetson. The Hatters swept the series to move Bradley's record to 3-11. The Braves snapped that streak with a midweek win over Rollins College on Tuesday, winning 12-3. The top four hitters in the Bradley lineup all ended the day with two hits. Lead-off man Ryan Vogel hit a home run to record a team-high four RBI. Tyrese Johnson leads the team with a .308 batting average and Timmy O'Brien has scored a team-high 10 runs.
 
On the mound, Travis Lutz, Noah Edders and Jack Stellano are scheduled to start for the Braves. Lutz is 1-2 on the season but has the best ERA of the trio at 3.92. Edders is 2-2 on the bump over four starts. He is also the team's strikeout leader with 23. Stellano is 0-3 with a 4.50 ERA. The Braves may to go Anthony Potthoff with the game on the line. He has the only save of the season for Bradley and is second on the team in appearances with five.
 
League Leaders
Butler leads the BIG EAST in home runs with 25. They average almost two per game and have eight players on the roster with at least two homers to their credit over the team's 13 games. Overall, 12 Bulldogs have at least one home run this season. The team leaders are Jack Moroknek and Kade Lewis with four each.
 
Bulldog Bits
- Carter Dorighi has the fourth-highest batting average in the conference (.417)
- Dorighi leads the league with 25 hits and is on an eight-game hitting streak
- Dorighi has eight multi-hit games for the Bulldogs
- Dorighi is batting .520 as the lead-off man for BU (13 Hits in 25 AB / 5 Games)
- Butler has recorded 10+ hits in five of their last six games
- The Bulldogs have hit a double in six-straight games
- Xavier Carter and Kade Lewis have each reached base safely in 13-straight games
- Carter is batting .385 with runners in scoring position
- Lewis has recorded seven RBI with two outs in the inning
- Newcomers Zach Munton, Ryan Drumm and Kade Lewis are all slugging over .600
- That trio combines for 16 extra base hits
- Joey Urban leads the team with 16 RBI
- Ben Whiteside ranks fourth in the BIG EAST in appearances (7)
- Whiteside had a save and a win last week with a 0.00 ERA
- Grant Brooks recorded his first win of the season last week, throwing five innings vs. Presbyterian
- Tyler Banks had a quality start with six strikeouts over 5.2 innings vs. Jackson State
- Cole Graverson picked up his second save of the season at Memphis
- Bulldog arms have struck out 10+ batters in back-to-back games
- The Bulldogs are 2-0 in 1-run games
- Ian Choi hit two home runs last weekend and hit .364 with four RBI

BIG EAST Standings
Creighton 11-1
St. John's 8-4
Georgetown 8-6
Seton Hall 8-6
Xavier 8-8
Butler 6-7
Villanova 5-8
UConn 3-9
 
Up Next
Butler will play at Miami (OH) on Tuesday, March 19. A home game will follow with BU hosting Ball State on the 20th. The 4 PM Wednesday tilt will stream on FloSports.com.