Butler and Ball State will meet for the second time this season on Tuesday afternoon when the Bulldogs host the Cardinals at 4 p.m.
 
GameDay
Date: Tuesday, April 15
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Bulldog Park
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
Scouting Ball State
The Cardinals have won three in-a-row and head to Indianapolis with a 26-11 overall record. They lost at Indiana in a midweek matchup on April 8, but fired back to sweep Northern Illinois in Muncie over the weekend.
 
Dylan Grego is the player to keep an eye on for the Bulldogs. He has 57 hits over 37 starts to post a .380 batting average. Grego has 10 doubles, one triple and eight home runs to rank third on the team with 33 RBI's. Nick Husovsky has 39 RBIs to lead BSU and Blake Bevis is close behind with 34.
 
First Meeting vs. Ball State
The Cardinals defeated the Bulldogs 17-7 back on March 19 at Shebek Stadium. Alex Burden and Will Jacobson did the heavy lifting on the mound for Ball State while Butler went with a bullpen game. In the end, Jacobson would be credited with the win after throwing the final 3.1 innings in a contest that ended after seven. Jacobson had six strikeouts in the outing and didn't walk a batter. The loss for Butler went to Brett Sherrard.
 
At the dish, Jack Moroknek had a homer for the Bulldogs. BSU countered with Dylan Grego and Nick Husovsky hitting round-trippers. Moroknek was 3-for-4 in the game with three RBI's. Ball State had three student-athletes with four RBIs in the contest.
 
Beemer Ball State Ties
Before arriving at Butler, Beemer was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Ball State for four seasons (2019-22), Beemer helped the Cardinals to a 123-65 record.
 
Beemer was also a four-time letterwinner (2010-13) at Ball State, selected by his peers as team captain in each of his final three seasons. As a Cardinal, he had a .286 batting average, registering 108 runs scored and 94 RBI. Beemer earned two degrees from Ball State: a bachelor's degree in 2012 and an MBA in 2014.
 
About Butler
The Bulldogs are 12-23 overall, 1-5 in the BIG EAST and 4-3 when playing on their home diamond. Jack Moroknek and Jack Bello are the top two bats in the BU order. Moroknek has 59 hits over 35 starts, including 13 doubles, a triple and 13 home runs. Bello is batting .408 with 13 doubles, two triples and six home runs on the year.
 
Last Week
Butler went 2-2 last week with wins over Evansville and Villanova. Moroknek hit .438 during that stretch with two doubles and a triple. Harry Carr, AJ Solomon and Jack Bello also batted .300 or better.
 
Wins on the mound went to Marcus Goodpaster and Alex Thomas. Goodpaster threw eight scoreless innings against Villanova, leading Butler to a 7-0 victory.
 
Best in the BIG EAST
Butler leads the conference in batting average (.300), hits (344), doubles (67), home runs (45), slugging percentage (.496), runs scored (253), and sacrifice flies (27).
 
NCAA Ranks
Jack Moroknek ranks fifth in total bases (113), 14th in hits (59), 15th in slugging percentage (.790), 24th in home runs (13), and 25th in batting average (.413).
 
Bulldog Bits
- On average, the Bulldogs scored seven runs per game
- Jack Moroknek and Jack Bello rank second and fourth in the BIG EAST in batting average
- Moroknek is the BIG EAST hit leader with 59, Bello ranks third with 53
- Moroknek and Bello rank first and second in the conference in slugging percentage
- Moroknek is on a four-game hitting streak
- Harry Carr and Tommy Townsend have reached base safely in eight-straight games
- Moroknek has 20 multi-hit games and has posted multiple RBIs in 12 games
- Butler had a season-high four sac flies in their win at Evansville
- Butler has hit at least one sac fly in four-straight games
- Ian Choi started at shortstop for BU in games two and three vs. Villanova
- Ryan Drumm walked a season-high three times in game two vs. Nova
- Andrew Hendrickx made his third start of the season in the opener vs. the Wildcats
- Connor Sackett hit a double against Villanova on Saturday
 
BIG EAST Standings
St. John's 6-0, 18-13
Villanova 4-2, 19-14
Xavier 5-4, 19-18
UConn 5-4, 17-17
Creighton 3-3, 20-11
Seton Hall 2-4, 13-22
Butler 1-5, 12-23
Georgetown 1-5, 12-23
 
Up Next
The Bulldogs will be in Washington D.C. this weekend to face the Georgetown Hoyas. The three-game series will start Thursday night and end Saturday afternoon due to Easter. Games one and two will begin at 6 p.m. The getaway game is slated for 1 p.m.