The Butler baseball team will head to Evansville on Tuesday to face the Aces under the lights at Charles Braun Stadium.
 
GameDay
Date: April 8
Time: 7 PM EST / 6 PM CST
Location: Evansville, Ind.
Field: German American Bank Field at Charles Braun Stadium
Live Stats: GoPurpleAces.com – Statbroadcast
 
Scouting Evansville
The Aces are 11-20 this year with nearly half of their wins coming against MVC opponents (5-4). They went 1-2 over the weekend, winning game two of the away series at UIC. They went 2-1 at home vs. Valpo and 2-1 on the road at Murray State to open conference action.
 
Ty Rumsey will be at the top of the scouting report for the Bulldogs. A starter in all 31 games, Rumsey is batting .339 this year with 42 hits and 25 RBIs. He has four doubles, two triples and two home runs. Power at the plate will be provided by Charlie Longmeier and Harrison Taubert. This duo has 64 hits, 21 doubles and nine home runs combined.
 
About Butler
Butler went 0-4 last week to move their overall record to 10-21. Jack Bello led the offense with a .294 batting average that included five hits. Two of the five were doubles as Bello ended the week with two RBI's and seven total bases. Home runs were hit by Tommy Townsend and David Ayers.
 
Andrew Hendrickx returned to the mound and struck out four batters over 2.2 innings. Brett Sherrard and Alex Kanipe were the only Bulldogs to make more than one appearance.

Recent Series History
Evansville defeated Butler 15-5 last year in just seven innings. The year prior, BU went to Evansville to take a 4-1 loss.
 
Moroknek Midseason Second Team All-American
Perfect Game selected players to three All-America teams at the halfway point of the college baseball season. Jack Moroknek was selected to the Second Team with his eye-popping numbers through his first 31 games of the season.
 
Monster Numbers from Moroknek
Jack Moroknek ranks eighth in the nation in total bases (102), 13th in home runs (13), 16th in slugging percentage (.803), and is 18th in total hits (52). Moroknek also leads the BIG EAST in runs (39) and RBI's (39).
 
Best in the BIG EAST
Butler leads the conference in batting average (.303), hits (312), doubles (60), home runs (45), runs (226), sacrifice flies (19), and slugging percentage (.510).
 
Bulldog Bits
- Jack Bello has the second-highest batting average in the BIG EAST (.417)
- Bello leads the conference in doubles with 13 and is second in total bases (85)
- Bello and Moroknek each have 18 multi-hit games this year
- David Ayers and Connor Sackett have reached base safely in eight-straight games
- Ayers hit his fifth home run of the season in the first game at Xavier
- Bello had two doubles in the series at Xavier
- Hendrickx made his first start for BU over the weekend since Feb. 15
- Hendrickx struck out a season-high four batters in 2.2 innings in Cincinnati
- Brett Sherrard had two strikeouts in two innings at Xavier
- AJ Solomon tied his season-high RBI total with two in game one at Xavier
- Tommy Townsend's seventh home run of the year came in game two at Xavier
 
BIG EAST Standings
St. John's 3-0, 14-13
Xavier 5-1, 18-14
Creighton 2-1, 19-8
Villanova 2-1, 17-13
UConn 2-4, 13-17
Georgetown 1-2, 11-20
Seton Hall 0-3, 11-20
Butler 0-3, 10-21
 
Up Next
The BIG EAST home opener will bring Villanova into town this weekend. The Wildcats recently won their weekend series against Georgetown by recording wins over the Hoyas on Saturday and Sunday. Their midweek matchup vs. Penn was canceled so they will be fresh heading to Indianapolis.