The Seton Hall Pirates posted a 7-2 win against Butler on Sunday afternoon to sweep the weekend series against the Bulldogs. All seven SHU runs were scored in the fourth inning.
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The Pirates used five hits and one BU error to build their lead. Pacheco, Cavazzoni, Robbins and Soldra all had RBIs during that stretch. Robbins led the team with two RBI's while Pacheco and Ali were the hit leaders with two each.
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SHU had 10 total hits compared to just five for BU. Three of the five for the 'Dawgs were recorded by
Connor Sackett. The BU catcher had a double, an RBI and also scored a run. His single to center in the second got BU on the scoreboard. Later in the fifth, he tagged up to score off a Drumm sac fly.
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Danny Barbero also played well for BU. He had a double and scored a run.
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On the mound, Butler used
Ben Whiteside for the first two innings. In his return, Whiteside had one strikeout, one walk and allowed just two hits. The loss went to
Corbin Snyder and the longest outing came from
Tate Foxson.
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As a team, BU struck out eight and only walked three. Foxson led all Bulldogs with three stirkeouts. Linde and Snyder each had two.
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Butler is back in action on Tuesday with a road game at Northwestern. The contest will get started at 4:30 p.m. on B1G+.
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