The final non-conference home game for Butler is set for Tuesday afternoon at Bulldog Park. First pitch against Eastern Illinois is set for 4 p.m.
 
GameDay
Date: Tuesday, April 22
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Bulldog Park
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
Scouting EIU
The Panthers are 19-17 overall with a 9-5 record in the OVC. Winners of four-straight, EIU swept Tennessee Tech over the weekend earning victories of 8-6, 7-6 and 6-1. Chris Worcester is the best player in the lineup and Mike O'Conor provides the power. Worcester has a team-best 48 hits and holds onto a .338 average. He has nine doubles and has scored 30 runs. O'Conor leads the team with eight home runs and is near the team lead with his 25 RBIs.
 
Christian Carew got the start the last time these two programs faced off at Coaches Stadium. He tossed two innings before handing the ball off to Eli Cartwright for the next two. The longest outing came from Nate Marshall. He gave up four earned runs over 3.1 innings. The final five outs were split between Kole Bradley and Jack Potteiger.
 
The Rematch
Eastern Illinois defeated Butler 14-8 in the first meeting this year. Jack Bello and Harry Carr each had two RBIs in the setback and the Bulldogs used eight arms on the mound. EIU had three players with multiple RBI's appear near the top of their order. The top four EIU hitters supplied the club with five hits, seven RBIs and six runs scored.
 
About Butler
The Bulldogs are 14-25 after taking two of three at Georgetown over the weekend. They are 4-4 at home this season with wins over Northern Illinois and Villanova. Jack Moroknek is batting .406 this year while Jack Bello and AJ Solomon are both above .300. Moroknek has a team-best 63 hits that includes 13 doubles, a triple and 15 home runs. He has scored 47 runs and has also driven in 47. Bello is the team leader in doubles with 14 and he ranks second in RBI's with 33. Tommy Townsend is close behind with 32 RBI's. The slugger has nine home runs this year.
 
Last Week
Butler went 2-2 last week with a close setback to Ball State followed by a 2-1 weekend at Georgetown. Danny Barbero hit a grand slam against the Hoyas and ended the weekend with a team-best eight RBIs. He had three doubles and two home runs to post 16 total bases. Ryan Drumm had three doubles last week to record six RBI's and Tommy Townsend homered twice to add five. BU also got two home runs out of Jack Moroknek.
 
Best in the BIG EAST
Butler leads the conference in batting average (.297), hits (384), doubles (76), home runs (52), on-base percentage (.394), runs (287), sacrifice flies (27), and slugging percentage (.493).
 
NCAA Ranks
Jack Moroknek ranks sixth in the nation in total bases (123), 14th in slugging percentage (.794), and 15th in home runs (15).
 
Bulldog Bits
- Danny Barbero is on a five-game hitting streak
- Barbero has recorded eight RBI's over his last two games
- Barbero hit a grand slam at Georgetown
- Barbero held a .500 batting average against the Hoyas
- Barbero's three-hit game on Friday was a season-high
- Barbero has three doubles over his last four games
- AJ Solomon and Jack Moroknek have each reached base safely in eight-straight games
- Moroknek and Jack Bello each have 21 multi-hit games this year
- Moroknek has multiple RBI's in 12 games
- Tate Foxson and Nate Rosser each earned wins on the mound over the weekend
- BU came up with a season-high 19 hits against Georgetown on Friday
- The Bulldogs tied their season-high RBI total with 15 in the win over the Hoyas
- Butler hit multiple home runs in each game at Georgetown
- Jack Bello has scored three runs in back-to-back games
- Ryan Drumm has hit a double in three-straight games
- Drumm has recorded two RBI's in three-straight games
- Tate Foxson's first hit of the year was a two-RBI single
- Foxson improved to 2-2 on the mound over the weekend
- Jack Griffiths start at Eastern Illinois lasted two innings
- Simon Linde struck out four in his last midweek start
- Moroknek has an RBI in three-straight games
- Nate Rosser matched his season-high strikeout total with four at GU
- Rosser only allowed two hits over four innings at Georgetown
- AJ Solomon scored a season-high four runs Friday at GU
- Solomon had two doubles in that victory
- Tommy Townsend hit two home runs over the weekend to post five RBIs
 
BIG EAST Standings
Creighton 6-3, 23-12
Xavier 8-4, 23-18
UConn 8-4, 21-17
St. John's 6-3, 19-17
Villanova 4-5, 19-17
Butler 3-6, 14-25
Seton Hall 2-7, 14-25
Georgetown 2-7, 13-26
 
Upcoming BIG EAST Matchups
Georgetown at Xavier
UConn at St. John's
Butler at Seton Hall
Villanova at Creighton
 
Up Next
Butler will play a three-game series at Seton Hall over the weekend. All three games will stream on FloCollege.com. Friday's first pitch is set for 4 p.m. Saturday's game will begin at 1 p.m. and the getaway game is at noon.