INDIANAPOLIS – Butler and Indiana will play a four-game series this week, beginning with a single game at Bulldog Park on Thursday afternoon. Action will shift to Bloomington on Friday and Saturday will feature a doubleheader at Bart Kaufman Field.
 
Schedule vs. the Hoosiers
Thursday – 4 PM First Pitch at Bulldog Park
Friday – 5 PM First Pitch at Bart Kaufman Field
Saturday – 2 PM Doubleheader at Bart Kaufman Field
 
Projected Starters
Game One: LHP Ben Whiteside vs. RHP Aydan Decker-Petty
Game Two: RHP Tyler Banks vs. LHP Ty Bothwell
Game Three: RHP Grant Brooks vs. RHP Connor Foley
Game Four: RHP Nate Rosser vs. TBD
 
Scouting Indiana
The Hoosiers are 13-12 overall after recording a 12-5 victory over Middle Tennessee State on Tuesday night. Freshman second baseman Jasen Oliver hit two of IU's four home runs in the game and Ty Rybarczyk was credited with the win on the mound.
 
Indiana opened the year playing three games in Myrtle Beach. They lost to #12 Duke (6-3), but won against #18 Coastal Carolina 7-2. Yet another win against a ranked opponent came in early March with IU defeating #25 Dallas Baptist in Frisco 9-7. IU also swept a three-game series vs. Baylor earlier this season in Waco.
 
Ty Bothwell and Connor Foley are each slated to get a start vs. Butler. Bothwell is 2-1 on the mound but has not started in a game so far this season. The left-hander has tossed 26.2 innings and holds a 5.74 ERA. He has struck out 25 and has only walked nine. Saturday's game one starter is IU ace Connor Foley. He has 45 strikeouts over 30.1 innings and is 2-1 over six starts. Foley has the opposition batting just .151 and has a 3.56 ERA.
 
The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten and rank fifth in the country in sacrifice flies (19). Brock Tibbitts is the team leader with four. Tibbitts is batting .361 this year with seven doubles, two triples and two home runs. Devin Taylor has the highest average on the team at .368 and Carter Mathison is the home run leader with six.
 
All-Time Series vs. Indiana
The Hoosiers lead the all-time series against Butler 96-30. The first meeting between the two programs went down as an Indiana win back in 1896! The last time Indiana played at Bulldog Park was on April, 21, 2013. It was a split series with the teams playing two games in Bloomington before traveling to Indianapolis. Butler's last win over Indiana was a 7-5 victory at Indiana on April 19, 2017.
 
Last Meeting vs. IU
Indiana hosted Butler last year on Feb. 28 and won 13-2. Bothwell got the win and Grant Brooks was hit with the loss. IU scored four runs in the bottom of the first and added four more in the bottom of the third to build their lead. BU scored a run in the third off a Carter Dorighi RBI and added a solo run in the sixth.

Dorighi Lands on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Over six games last week, Carter Dorighi led Butler's offense with five runs, six RBI, three doubles, one triple, a homerun and four walks. The junior shortstop also stole three bases, while batting .462 (12-for-26).
 
Last Week
Butler went 3-3 last week to move their overall record to 10-12. On Tuesday the went to Oxford to beat Miami 13-10. The following day, BU lost a close one to Ball State at Bulldog Park 9-7. The team stayed in Indianapolis over the weekend to play four games in just two days against Dayton. The Flyers won game one 9-7 and game two 8-2. Butler battled back to sweep the Sunday doubleheader 11-9 and 9-8.
 
Keegan Connors, Kade Lewis and Carter Dorighi posted huge numbers over the six-game stretch. Connors hit .583 in two starts at DH. He had seven total hits including two doubles and two home runs to generate seven RBI. He also scored five runs for BU. Lewis and Dorighi each started in all six games and recorded 12 hits. Lewis had three doubles and a homer, scoring six runs, and posting five RBI. Dorighi had three doubles, one triple, and one home run.
 
Two of Butler's three wins on the mound went to reliver Brett Sherrard. The freshman right-hander only gave up one hit over 2.2 innings. Andrew Crumbley also earned a win on the mound. He struck out six over 4.1 innings of action last week.
 
National Leader
Carter Dorighi leads the nation in hits per game (2.05) and heads into Thursday ranked third overall in total hits with 45. He had a six-hit game earlier this year at Morehead State on March 3 and leads Butler with 14 multi-hit games this season.
 
BIG EAST Standings
Creighton 17-4
St. John's 17-5
Georgetown 16-8
Seton Hall 14-11
Xavier 12-13
Butler 10-12
UConn 9-14
Villanova 7-15
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler leads the BIG EAST in home runs per game (1.50)
- The Bulldogs and the Red Storm are tied for the conference lead in sac flies (13)
- BU ranks second in the BIG EAST in runs (191) and scoring (8.7)
- Carter Dorighi leads the conference and ranks 13th in the nation with his .441 BA
- Kade Lewis has reached base safely in all 22 games this year
- Lewis and Jack Moroknek each carry a nine-game hitting streak into the IU series
- Moroknek is tied with Billy Wurch for the team lead in multiple RBI games (7)
- Joey Urban delivered a walk-off single to help Butler defeat Dayton on Sunday
- The day prior, BU set a new season-high by hitting five doubles vs. Dayton
- Keegan Connors had eight total bases vs. the Flyers on March 24
- Butler has recorded 10 or more hits in seven of their last eight games
- The 'Dawgs have hit multiple doubles in eight-straight games
- Butler has outscored their opponent 22-5 in the ninth inning this year
- BU is also +17 vs. foes in the third inning
- Ian Choi is batting .417 with runners in scoring position
- Carter Dorighi his batting .528 with two outs in the inning
- Ethan Vecrumba transferred to Butler this year from Indiana
- Tyler Banks tossed six full innings against Dayton last weekend
- Banks, Brooks and Whiteside are three Bulldogs to throw over 20 innings this year
- Banks is the strikeout leader with 25; Cole Graverson is second with 23.
- Graverson has a team-high four saves this year; Whiteside is second with two
- Brett Sherrard has the lowest ERA on the team at 2.84
- Sherrard, Crumbley and Nate Rosser all have two wins this year
- Ben Whiteside has appeared in more games than any other Bulldog (10)
- Whiteside has only issued six walks in 21.1 IP

Up Next
Butler will host Eastern Illinois at Bulldog Park on Tuesday, April 2. The contest will begin at 4 PM and be the final tune-up before BIG EAST action.