The final month of the regular season will start with Butler hosting Creighton at Bulldog Park this weekend. The first game of the weekend series has been picked up by the BIG EAST Digital Network and will stream on FloCollege.com.

Weekend Schedule
Friday, May 2 – 3 PM
Saturday, May 3 – 2 PM
Sunday, May 4 – 1 PM
 
Scouting Creighton
The Bluejays find themselves at the top of the BIG EAST standings heading into the month of May with a 9-3 conference record. They went 2-1 at home vs. UConn, lost two of three at Seton Hall, then swept both St. John's and Villanova at Charles Schwab Field.
 
Preseason All-BIG EAST selection Nolan Sailors has started in all 41 games this year and leads the club with his .396 batting average. Sailors has 63 total hits including 12 doubles, three triples and three home runs. He leads CU in runs scored (39) and total bases (90) while ranking second in RBIs (29). Ben North is another Bluejay batting over .300. An everyday starter, North has 50 hits and leads the team with 36 RBIs.
 
Dominic Cancellieri got the start for CU on Friday last weekend. He's another preseason all-conference selection on the roster with great numbers on the mound. While he is 0-1 over eight starts, Cancellieri has a 2.17 ERA and has 33 strikeouts over 29 innings. The opposition is hitting just .220 against him. Jack Pineau and Wilson Magers also got starts last weekend vs. Nova. Pineau is 2-0 on the hill with a 6.00 ERA. Magers is 4-2 over 10 starts with a 3.42 ERA. He has thrown 50 innings, six more than the next highest Bluejay.

Last Season vs. Creighton
Butler opened conference play at Creighton last year and won 5-1 on Friday before losing the series with setbacks to the Bluejays on Saturday (11-1) and Sunday (10-7). Jack Moroknek impacted the win with a two-hit game that included an RBI. He also ended the series with two hits and an RBI.
 
Watch BEDN on FloCollege.com
Greg Rakestraw and Steven Siebel will call the action on Friday afternoon. Butler's first game on BEDN was the finale at Seton Hall and their next one will be the final game of the UConn series. BU fans will also be able to stream the first game of the home series against St. John's on May 15.
 
Bulldog Park Beer Garden
The Bulldog Park Beer Garden will be open Friday and Saturday this weekend. First pour will happen one hour before the start of the game and last call will come at the seventh inning stretch. All fans that enter must be 21+ years old and must remain in the designated area with their beverage.
 
Alumni Day
Saturday is Alumni Day for the Bulldogs. Former players are welcomed back to campus to take in the action for the 2 p.m. game. Current Butler players and coaches will recognize the alums on the field before the start of the contest. Both alums and fans are encouraged to park on the Northside of 52nd Street or in the main Hinkle Fieldhouse lot.
 
About Butler
The Bulldogs are 14-30 overall after taking an 11-7 loss to Northwestern on Tuesday. They were swept at Seton Hall last weekend but defeated Georgetown in D.C. the previous week by winning the final two games of the series. BU already hosted Villanova in BIG EAST action and opened league play at Xavier. Over the course of the non-conference slate, BU won three of four at home vs. Northern Illinois, took a midweek game at Miami Ohio and swept Norfolk State in February.
 
League Leader
Jack Moroknek leads the BIG EAST in total bases (128), home runs (15), and slugging percentage (.736).
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler leads the BIG EAST in doubles (85) and sacrifice flies (30)
- BU ranks second in the league in hits (420), batting average (.288) and slugging percentage (.469)
- The 'Dawgs are third in the BIG EAST in home runs (52), and runs scored (302)
- Jack Moroknek and Jack Bello are third and fourth in the league in batting average
- That duo comes in at second and third in the BIG EAST in total hits
- Moroknek is second in the conference in runs (49) and third in RBIs (47)
- Moroknek is 10 runs away from tying the BU single-season record
- Bello had a team-high four RBIs in the Seton Hall series
- Bello has only walked six times this year in 166 at-bats
- Connor Sackett went 5-for-5 from the plate at Seton Hall
- Sackett recorded his second three-hit game of the season last weekend
- Sackett, Bello, Barbero and Burgess are all batting over .300 in BIG EAST action
- Sackett is on a three-game hitting streak
- Burgess started in every game last weekend
- Barbero had at least one hit in all three SHU games
- Barbero has reached base safely in four-straight games
- Bello has 22 multi-hit games, Moroknek leads the club with 23
- Bello hit two doubles in the same game last weekend for the second time this year
- Bello has 16 doubles this year and needs four more to tie the school single-season record
- AJ Solomon had a three-hit game at SHU
- Ryan Drumm went 2-for-4 in his last start to post a team-high three RBI
- Drumm had a 12-game hitting streak early this year, the longest on the team
- Tommy Townsend had a multi-hit game at Northwestern, his first since April 1
- Harry Carr scored a run and recorded an RBI in his last game
- Ian Choi has appeared in every BIG EAST weekend series, but has never started in all three games
- Zach Munton recorded his second multi-hit game of the season at Northwestern
- Marcus Goodpaster struck out four and didn't issue a walk in his last start
- Goodpaster has 11 K's and just two walks over his last three starts
- Goodpaster has made a team-high 10 starts this year, no other Bulldog has more than five
- Tate Foxson threw 46 pitches at SHU, his highest total since March 16 at Belmont
- Andrew Hendrickx had his longest outing of the year at SHU throwing 76 pitches in three innings
- Simon Linde made two appearances at SHU, limiting the Pirates to just one hit and no runs
- Nate Rosser got one out on one pitch at SHU on Sunday
- Ben Whiteside returned to action last weekend
- Whiteside pitched two innings at SHU, his first action since Feb. 22
- Alex Kanipe has made 15 appearances on the mound this year, the most of any Bulldog
- The Bulldogs have four saves on the year; each save came from a different player
- Justin Hornschemeier is the only BU pitcher not to give up an extra base hit this year
- Butler has recorded 10+ hits in 21 of their 40 games this year
- They came up with a season-high 19 in game two at Georgetown
- BU has scored 9+ runs in a game 18 times this year
- They scored a season-high 17 in the win at Evansville on April 8
- The Bulldogs hit eight doubles in their win over Norfolk State on Feb. 22
- Butler tied a school record by hitting six home runs in the first game vs. Belmont
- BU has topped 30 total bases in a single game four times this season
- Butler has not made multiple errors in the same game since April 15
- No Bulldog has started in all 44 games this year
- Moroknek, Drumm, and Barbero have played in all 44
- 14 different Bulldogs have hit a sac fly this year; no player has more than four
 
BIG EAST Standings
Creighton 9-3, 28-13
UConn 11-4, 26-18
Xavier 11-4, 27-19
St. John's 6-6, 21-20
Seton Hall 5-7, 18-26
Villanova 4-8, 20-21
Butler 3-9, 14-30
Georgetown 2-10, 14-30
 
Around the BIG EAST
Creighton at Butler
UConn at Villanova
Seton Hall at Xavier
St. John's at Georgetown
 
Up Next
Butler will play at Bowling Green on Tuesday, May 6. The contest will start at 3 p.m.