Butler and Creighton will play a three-game BIG EAST series this weekend with games scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
 
Projected Starters
Game One: RHP Tyler Banks (Butler) vs. RHP Dominic Cancellieri
Game Two: TBD (Butler) vs. RHP Chad Saner
Game Three: RHP Nate Rosser (Butler) vs. RHP Jimmy Burke
 
Scouting Creighton
The Blue Jays are 22-4 this season with wins that include No. 24 Nebraska, Stanford, Charleston Southern, Portland, UIC, Army, and Air Force. Their four losses have come to Louisiana Tech, Portland, San Francisco, and Stanford. The team has outscored its opponents, 233-120.

Series vs. Creighton
Creighton leads the series 20-4, with the first contest taking place in 2014. The Blue Jays have won the past eight games, sweeping the 2023 and 2021 series at Butler and the 2022 series at Creighton. Butler's last win over Creighton was a 5-0 victory at Butler on April 13, 2019, the final game of that three-game series.
 
Last Meeting vs. the Blue Jays
Butler hosted the Blue Jays from April 28-30 in 2023. Creighton won game one, 16-3, and game two, 5-3. Game three went into extras, as the Blues Jays used a three-run eleventh inning to secure the victory.

Lewis Lands on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Over four games vs. Indiana last week, Kade Lewis went 6-for-13 (.462) with three home runs and a double. He tallied 10 RBI, including a game-winning three-RBI home run in the ninth inning of game four.
 
Last Week
Butler split four games with Indiana, taking the first and final games of the series. Andrew Crumbley picked up the win in game one, while Cole Graverson earned a save and then the win in game four. In addition to Kade Lewis' three-home-run ten-RBI performance, Joey Urban had six hits with two home runs and three RBI.
 
National Top-5
Carter Dorighi is fifth in the nation with 1.85 hits per game, and he heads into the weekend twelfth with 48 total hits. He leads the BIG EAST in both categories. He had a six-hit game earlier this year at Morehead State on March 3 and leads Butler with 15 multi-hit games this season.
 
BIG EAST Standings
Georgetown     19-8, 3-0
Creighton         22-4
St. John's         18-6-1
Seton Hall        16-12
Xavier              14-14
Butler               12-14
UConn             10-15
Villanova          7-18, 0-3
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler is second on the BIG EAST in home runs (40) and sacrifice flies (14)
- BU is third in the conference double plays (20)
- The Bulldogs are fourth in the BIG EAST in hits (265) and scoring (8.1)

Butler Bulldog in Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame
Dave Schrage, who was Butler's head baseball coach from 2016-22, was inducted into the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023. Schrage was a standout outfielder for the Blue Jays, from 1980-83, and then coached for 38 years, serving as head coach at six Division I schools.
 
Up Next
Butler plays two midweek games, hosting Evansville on Tuesday, Apr. 9, and traveling to Notre Dame on Wednesday, Apr. 10. Next weekend, the Bulldogs host Georgetown for a three-game BIG EAST series.