Indianapolis – In the first of four straight meetings, the Butler Baseball team won against the Indiana Hoosiers 6-2. The Bulldogs led the way through all nine innings and totaled 10 hits at the plate. Thursday night's win not only marked the club's third-consecutive victory but snapped a six-game losing streak against the Hoosiers.
 
Jack Moroknek, Kade Lewis, and Xavier Carter led the charge for Butler at the plate. This trio all hit home runs and were responsible for all six RBIs. Zach Munton and Keegan Connors also tallied extra-base hits.
 
Thursday afternoon's scoring opened right away in the bottom of the first inning. Moroknek began the offensive effort with an RBI double that scored sophomore Joey Urban. Two batters later, Lewis launched his sixth home run of the year to right-center field. The Bulldog lead stood at 3-0 after the first inning.
 
The score remained the same until the bottom of the third inning when the Bulldogs added another run. Moroknek took an inside curveball deep to right field for his seventh homer of the season.
 
After the Hoosiers scored their only two runs of the game in the fourth and fifth innings, the Bulldogs put two more runners across home. Lewis picked up his third RBI of the game to score Moroknek on a sac fly. Moments later, Xavier Carter launched a line-drive home run over the wall in right-center field for the Bulldogs' final run of the game.
 
For the Bulldogs, the pitching staff held the Hoosiers to just two runs. Ben Whiteside drew the start and was followed by Andrew Crumbley before Cole Graverson entered the game. Graverson tossed three scoreless innings while striking out four batters. Crumbley was awarded his third win of the season while Graverson picked up his fifth save.
 
Up Next
The Bulldogs will travel to Bloomington for the rest of the series against the Hoosiers. The second game of the series will be on Friday followed by a doubleheader on Saturday. The first pitch on Friday is set for 5:00 p.m. Eastern time from Bart Kaufman Field. Tyler Banks is projected to get the start on the mound for Butler and is slated to face Hoosier arm Ty Bothwell.