INDIANAPOLIS -- Butler and Eastern Illinois were scheduled to play each other on April 2, but weather washed out the contest. The two teams will now get a game in on Wednesday with the Panthers hosting the Bulldogs at 3 PM Central / 4 PM Eastern.
 
Scouting Eastern Illinois
The Panthers are 13-23 overall with a 7-8 record against OVC opponents. The team most recently went 1-2 at Little Rock. EIU won the opener 9-4, but took an 8-6 loss on Saturday and were edged on Sunday 5-4.
 
Six of their 13 wins this year have been recorded on their home diamond. The Panthers use sacrifice bunts to move runners over and sac flies to score runs. They rank second in the OVC in each statistical category. The BU scouting report on EIU will certainly include Lucas Loos and Dylan Drumke. Loos leads the team, the conference and ranks 19th in the nation in doubles with 16. He owns a .362 batting average and has 95 total bases. Drumke ranks third in the OVC in 11 home runs and RBIs per game (1.1). This duo also ranks 3-4 in the OVC in slugging percentage (.688/.648).
 
Common Opponents
Dayton and Bradley each appeared on Eastern Illinois and Butler's schedule this spring. BU went 2-2 vs. Dayton and EIU went 1-2. The Flyers were the road team in each series. BU played a three-game series against Bradley in Florida and went 1-2 against the Braves. EIU hosted Bradley in a single game and won 14-9.
 
Last Week
Butler went 2-3 last week with a midweek win at Eastern Michigan and a Sunday victory at St. John's. Jack Moroknek hit three home runs to lift BU to victory in Ypsilanti. He became just the fourth Bulldog in program history to homer three times in one game. Butler's 8-4 at St. John's was also significant because it was just the fifth time the Bulldogs have topped the Red Storm since the teams became conference rivals.
 
As a team, BU hit .315 over that five-game stretch. They recorded 58 hits, resulting in 36 runs. Six players hit over .300 and every member of that group delivered an extra base hit. Billy Wurch held a .500 average last week with a homer and a double, Ethan Vecrumba hit .429 and Moroknek batted .391.
 
On the mound, wins went to Grant Brooks and Nick Miketinac. Cole Graverson and Andrew Crumbley led the way with five strikeouts each and Crumbley was also credited with his first save of the season. Tyler Banks had the longest outing of any player, covering 5.2 innings in a Friday start in Queens. Nate Rosser and Ben Whiteside also threw five innings last week.
 
BIG EAST Standings
UConn 7-2, 20-18
St. John's 6-3, 25-9-1
Georgetown 8-4, 26-13
Xavier 5-4, 20-19
Creighton 4-5, 28-9
Villanova 5-7, 14-23
Seton Hall 2-7, 19-20
Butler 2-7, 15-23
 
Bulldog Bits
- Kade Lewis and Carter Dorighi rank third and fourth in the league in batting average
- Butler ranks fourth in the BIG EAST in batting average (.281) and scoring (7.1)
- Dorighi leads the BIG EAST and ranks 13th in the nation in hits (64)
- Lewis leads the league with his .690 slugging percentage and 98 total bases
- Jack Moroknek has the second-most home runs in the BIG EAST (11)
- The Bulldogs rank third in the BIG EAST in home runs (48) and sac flies (18)
- Joey Urban is the league leader in sac flies with four
- Cole Graverson ranks second among all BIG EAST arms with five saves
- Lewis is on a 10-game hitting streak
- Urban has reached base safely in 14-straight games
- The Bulldogs have hit 13 doubles over their last six games
- BU has hit a double in 14-straight games
- Butler is 10-12 in road games this year and 6-0 when holding their opponent to five runs or less
- Ryan Drumm had a double, a homer, and three RBIs at St. John's on Saturday
- Evan Parks has seven hits and four RBIs over his last five games
- Nate Rosser matched his season-high strikeout total with four vs. STJ on Saturday

Up Next
Butler will play seven-straight home games upon returning from Charleston. The home stand starts with a three-game series against Seton Hall. The lone midweek matchup will fall on Tuesday of next week when the 'Dawgs play Saint Louis at 4 PM. BU stays in Indy that weekend to host Xavier.