The month of April will get underway with Eastern Illinois hosting Butler at Coaches Stadium. The non-conference matchup will get going at 4 p.m. EST, 3 p.m. CST.
 
GameDay
Date: April 1
Time: 4 PM EST
Location: Charleston, Ill.
Field: Coaches Stadium
Live Stats: EIUPanthers.com (Sidearm)
Watch: ESPN+
 
Scouting Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois is 11-14 this year with a 4-2 record in the OVC. They traveled to Morehead State this past weekend to win two of three against the Eagles. EIU scored 19 runs in their game one win and after a one-run loss on Saturday, they fired back to win 14-10 in the getaway game.
 
Jake Ferguson and Chris Worcester are the top two hitters in the Panther lineup. Ferguson has the highest average at .385, but Worcester is the hit leader with 34. BU arms will also need be cautious with Ethan Rossi and Mike O'Conor up to bat. Each player has four home runs this year.
 
About Butler
The Bulldogs have won three-in-a-row and are now 10-17 on the season. They broke into the win column last week with a 10-7 win at Miami Ohio then won three of four vs. Northern Illinois at Bulldog Park.
 
BU hit .312 as a team last week going 4-2 with some impressive individual performances. Ryan Drumm hit .409 with a triple and two home runs. AJ Solomon had 10 hits in 20 at-bats while supplying the team with two doubles and three RBI's.
 
On the mound, Nate Rosser threw a complete game to earn a win over Northern Illinois. Marcus Goodpaster also put on a show with eight strikeouts and just one walk against the Huskies. BU was happy to get Andrew Hendrickx back on the mound in a relief role. Hendrickx grabbed a win last week along with Tate Foxson and Christian Finnigan.
 
Drumm Makes BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Ryan Drumm hit .409 last week, registering a triple and two home runs. For the week, Drumm scored 11 runs, recorded seven RBI and stole two bags.
 
Monster Numbers from Moroknek
Jack Moroknek ranks second in the nation in total bases (98), third in home runs (13), fourth in slugging percentage (.899), and is ninth in total hits (49). Moroknek leads the BIG EAST in batting average (.450), runs (37), RBI's (36), slugging percentage (.889).
 
Best in the BIG EAST
Butler leads the conference in batting average (.313), doubles (55), home runs (43), runs (207), on-base percentage (.403), and slugging percentage (.535).
 
Bulldog Bits
- Jack Moroknek has 17 multi-hit games this year and nine games with multiple RBI's
- Ryan Drumm is on a nine-game hitting streak
- AJ Solomon has reached base safely in 15-straight games
- Rosser, Foxson and Hendrickx were responsible for Butler's last three wins
- Butler recorded seven home runs and 10 doubles in the NIU series
- 15 hits vs. NIU on Sunday was Butler's highest total since Feb. 22 vs. Norfolk State
- BU had 10+ hits in every game vs. the Huskies over the weekend
- 14 RBI's on Sunday tied their season-high total
- David Ayers hit his fourth home run of the season over the weekend
- Danny Barbero had two doubles in the fourth game vs. NIU
- Jack Bello had a walk-off for Butler over the weekend to cap off a doubleheader
- Bello had nine RBI's in the weekend series with three doubles and a homer
- Tre Benjamin threw two important innings vs. NIU to help BU win on Sunday
- Harry Carr came up with his first triple of the season on Saturday
- Ryan Drumm tied his season-high total with four RBI's in the Sunday win
- Tate Foxson made two appearances in the NIU series
- Marcus Goodpaster set a new season-high strikeout total with eight vs NIU
- Moroknek had seven RBI's over the weekend
- Nate Rosser's first start of the season resulted in a win
- Rosser used 116 pitches to go the distance in a seven-inning game
- AJ Solomon scored a run in every game vs. NIU
- Tommy Townsend is up to six home runs after hitting three in his last four games
 
BIG EAST Standings
Xavier 14-14, 2-1
UConn 11-15, 1-2
Creighton 16-7
Villanova 15-11
St. John's 11-12
Seton Hall 10-17
Georgetown 10-18
Butler 10-17
 
Up Next
Butler will open BIG EAST play this weekend with a three-game series at Xavier. Game one is set for Friday at 3 p.m.