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INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler baseball team will play three games against three different opponents this weekend in Memphis. The Tigers will host the Bulldogs on Friday night and BU will play day games vs. Jackson State and Presbyterian on Saturday and Sunday.
 
Weekend Schedule
Friday, March 8: Butler at Memphis – 6 PM
Saturday, March 9: Butler vs. Jackson State – 1PM
Sunday, March 10: Butler vs. Presbyterian – 11 AM
- All Games Played at FedEx Park Avron Fogelman Field
 
Scouting Memphis
The Tigers are 7-7 at the start of the year with six of their seven victories coming on their home field. They recently took a 5-3 setback to Ole Miss in Oxford on Wednesday. Head Coach Matt Riser spent 10 seasons at Southeastern Louisiana before joining the program. It's still early, but the has the Tigers leading the AAC in runs, home runs, doubles, and base on balls. Jake Curtis leads the club with seven doubles and Jacob Compton is the home run leader with five.
 
Scouting Jackson State
The Tigers have won four-straight and are now 10-3 on the year. Head Coach Omar Johnson took over the program in 2007 and has led JSU to a winning season every year. This year's team leads the Southwestern Athletic Conference in batting average, home runs, on-base percentage, stolen bases, base on balls, and strikeouts per nine innings. Joseph Eichelberger holds the third-highest batting average in the nation (.558) with his 24 hits. He has 22 RBI and slugs at a .721 clip.

Scouting Presbyterian
The Blue Hose are 7-6 this season with all seven wins coming on their home diamond. Head Coach Elton Pollock is a graduate of Presbyterian and completed his 19th season at the helm in 2023. The 2024 team has the best team ERA of any team in the Big South Conference (4.18). They also rank 16th in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings. At the plate, Joel Dragoo holds a .525 batting average and leads the conference in home runs with six. Dragoo also has 27 RBI an 45 total bases.

Bulldog Bits
- Butler leads the BIG EAST in home runs (22) and triples (3)
- Carter Dorighi leads all BIG EAST players with 19 hits
- Dorighi went 6-for-6 from the plate at Morehead State to tie the BU School record
- Jack Moroknek ranks fourth in the league in slugging percentage (.788)
- Moroknek, Dorighi and Joey Urban have started in all 10 games for BU
- Dorighi and Moroknek head to Memphis on five-game hitting streaks
- Moroknek and Kade Lewis share the home run lead with four each
- Lewis and Xavier Carter have reached base safely in 10-straight games
- Billy Wurch leads BU in doubles with three
- Five Bulldogs have 10+ RBI after the first 10 games of the season
- Urban leads the Bulldogs with 14 RBI
- Nate Rosser is 2-0 on the mound over four appearances
- Rosser has the lowest ERA on the team at 1.35
- No one has touched the rubber more times than Ben Whiteside this season (5 appearances)
- Whiteside has tossed a team-high 10.2 innings
- Cole Graverson has a team-high 12 strikeouts
 
BIG EAST Standings
Creighton 9-1
Seton Hall 7-4
St. John's 5-4
Xavier 7-6
Georgetown 6-6
Butler 4-6
UConn 3-6
Villanova 2-8
 
Up Next
Butler will play a three-game series against Bradley in Winter Haven, Florida during their spring break week. Action picks up on Thursday and will end with a single game on Saturday.