MUNCIE, Ind. – Tommy Townsend, Jack Moroknek, and Evan Parks all hit home runs at Ball State on Tuesday afternoon to help the Bulldogs break their single-season home run record. Butler has hit 57 home runs over 48 games this year, breaking the old record of 56 homers recorded during the 1998 campaign.
 
Townsend hit the first home run of his collegiate career to cap off a four-run first inning for the Bulldogs, but Ball State would dominate the rest of the day to record a 24-7 win. Ball State scored eight in the first and eight more in the third to take a commanding lead. With the win, BSU moves to 28-19-1. The Bulldogs fall to 17-31.
 
The first inning of action at Merchants Ballpark Complex took 45 minutes to complete as the two teams combined to score 12 runs. Carter Dorighi walked to start the game and would quickly come around to score from first after a double to left center by Jack Moroknek.
 
The top of the BU order was ready to go as Kade Lewis pushed a ball through the right side of the infield to score Moroknek and Tommy Townsend's two-run shot over the wall in left made the game 4-0.
 
The lead vanished quickly as the Cardinals scored eight runs off eight hits in the bottom half of one. Neither team scored in the second, but BSU added eight more in the third. Dobbins highlighted the action with a three-run home run. Turturici also left the yard with a ball to dead center.
 
Butler's offense perked up once again in the later stages of the game. Moroknek hit his team-best 13th home run of the year down the line in right. Parks went in the opposite direction in the seventh with a long ball over the wall in left. Butler's final run came off a wild pitch.
 
Moroknek and Parks each had three hits on the day. Moroknek was 3-for-4 with two RBI's and two runs scored. Parks was 3-for-4 with the homer. Lewis, Townsend, and Xavier Carter also had multi-hit games for BU.
 
Decker Scheffler had a 5-for-5 game for BSU with four RBI and three runs scored. Dylan Grego led the Cardinals with five RBIs off three hits and Dobbins was in the box score with three hits and four RBI.
 
The win went to Will Jacobson while the loss went to Nick Miketinac.
 
The Bulldogs will travel back to Indianapolis this evening to prep for a 3 PM game vs. Eastern Illinois on Wednesday.