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INDIANAPOLIS – Butler will play a four-game home series against Dayton this weekend. Action opens at Noon on Saturday and the two teams will run it back with a Sunday doubleheader that also features a 12 PM first pitch.
 
Weekend Schedule
Saturday, March 22 – 12 PM Start
Sunday, March 23 – 12 PM Start
- Games played at Bulldog Park

Projected Starters
Game 1 - RHP Tyler Banks vs. LHP Eli Majick
Game 2 – RHP Grant Brooks vs. RHP Connor Fennell
Game 3 – RHP Nick Miketinac vs. LHP Ryan Steinhauer
Game 4 – RHP Nate Rosser vs. RHP Will Newell

 
Scouting Dayton
The Flyers are 13-8 with two weekends to play in March. They recorded an impressive 8-5 win at No. 6 Vanderbilt on Feb. 20 and followed that contest with a three-game series at No. 1 Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons swept Dayton in Winston-Salem, but the Flyers have not lost a series since.
 
Head Coach Jayson King is now in his seventh season with the program. His 2024 team ranks second in the A-10 in home runs (26), on-base percentage (.415) and slugging percentage (.445). David Mendez has the best batting average on the club (.455) and Carlos Castillo is the team's hit leader with 27. Only three players have started in all 21 games for Dayton. That trio includes Mason Dobie, Ivan Arias, and Eddie Yamin IV.
 
On the mound, Dayton could throw Eli Majick, Connor Fennell, Ryan Steinhauer or Will Newell this weekend. Nick Wissman is a weapon out of the bullpen. The right-handed senior is 4-0 on the hill in 10 appearances. He leads the club in saves (3), innings pitched (20.2) and has the opposition batting .164.
 
Last Meeting vs. Dayton
Butler lost 7-6 at Dayton last year in mid-May. The Bulldogs broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the seventh but two Flyer home runs in the bottom half of the inning would give the home team a 7-4 advantage. BU got an RBI from Billy Wurch in the eighth and closed the gap to just one run with a sac fly, but the comeback fell short.
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler defeated Miami Ohio 13-10 earlier this week, but fell to Ball State 7-6
- Billy Wurch and Ian Choi hit doubles against the Cardinals
- Jack Moroknek and Kade Lewis hit home runs
- Moroknek now leads the BIG EAST with six home runs
- Butler only allowed one BSU hit over the final six innings of action
- Kade Lewis now has eight multi-hit games for BU
- Lewis has reached base safely in all 18 games
- Lewis and Moroknek each carry five-game hitting streaks into the Dayton series
- Butler has recorded 11 or more hits in each of their last four games
- The 'Dawgs have hit nine doubles over the last four contests
- Butler ranks second in the BIG EAST in home runs (29)
- BU leads the league in sacrifice flies (13)
- Carter Dorighi has the highest batting average in the BIG EAST (.440)
- Lewis cracks the top ten with his .368 average
- Lewis has 12 extra base hits this year
- Dorighi ranks seventh in the NCAA with 37 hits
- Dorighi has 11 RBI over his last four games
- Butler is 0-2 at home this season
- Keegan Connors scored for the first time this seasons vs. Ball State
- Cole Graverson collected his third save of the season at Miami Ohio
 
BIG EAST Standings
Creighton 15-3
St. John's 15-4
Georgetown 13-7
Seton Hall 13-8
Butler 8-10
Xavier 9-12
UConn 8-11
Villanova 6-12
 
Up Next
Butler will play a four-game series against Indiana before the start of conference play the following weekend. The Hoosiers will play one game at Bulldog Park on Thursday, featuring a 4 PM start. The final three games will all be played in Bloomington. The teams are set for a single game on Friday at 5 PM followed by a Saturday doubleheader with a 2 PM start.