INDIANAPOLIS – The Seton Hall Pirates defeated the Butler Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon 13-1. Nine of SHU's 13 runs came over the final stages of the game to give the visitor's their 21st win of the season. The Bulldogs broke up the shutout in the bottom of the sixth. With the setback, BU moves to 16-26 overall.
Kade Lewis tripled down the rightfield line to score
Joey Urban to make the game 4-1 in the sixth, but Lewis was stranded at third and the Pirates would add four runs in the seventh, followed by five in the eighth to claim the victory.
SHU had 14 hits compared to Butler's four. The top four hitters in the lineup recorded the hits for BU. Lewis had the triple and
Jack Moroknek added a double to his stat line.
On the mound Ryan Reich would take the win while the loss went to
Nate Rosser. Reich tossed seven full innings and struck out eight while walking just one. Rosser went 4.1 innings allowing three runs off five hits.
The series finale will be played tomorrow at 1 PM.