Butler and Bowling Green moved their contest to Wednesday this week to avoid some incoming rain. The two clubs will take the field at 3 p.m.
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GameDay
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Time: 3 PM
Location: Steller Field
Live Stats: Sidearms Stats
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Scouting Bowling Green
The Falcons went 1-2 at Toledo over the weekend to move their MAC record to 17-10. They won the series opener to collect their 30th win of the season. Leading the charge at the plate for BGSU is catcher Garrett Wright. The sophomore has 71 hits, including 14 doubles, four triples and seven home runs. He leads the team with 114 total bases and is second in the lineup with 41 RBIs.
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Last Wednesday, BGSU hosted Findlay at Steller Field and recorded a 6-3 win. The Falcons started Luke Krouse and would see four players touch the rubber in the victory. That group struck out eight and didn't issue a walk.
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About Butler
The Bulldogs went 0-4 last week with a loss at Northwestern followed by a sweep at home against Creighton.
Ryan Drumm and
Jack Moroknek each had five hits last week. Drumm had three doubles and a team-best five RBIs during that stretch while Moroknek added three more RBIs to his season total. BU got home runs from
Connor Sackett and
Jack Bello.
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Bulldog Bits
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Jack Moroknek leads the league and ranks 21st in the nation in total bases (133)
- Moroknek has 72 hits this season trailing only Seton Hall's Aiden Robbins (76) in the league
- Moroknek is second in the BIG EAST in home runs (15) and third in slugging percentage (.707)
- Moroknek ranks fourth in the league in RBIs (50) and seventh in runs (49)
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Jack Bello ranks fourth in the BIG EAST in hits (67) and is fifth in total bases (108)
- Bello ranks third in the league in doubles with 16
- Moroknek and Bello rank third and fourth in the conference in batting average
- BU leads the BIG EAST and ranks eighth in the NCAA in sacrifice flies (30)
- BU leads the conference in doubles (90) and is third in batting average (.285)
- The 'Dawgs rank second in the conference in slugging percentage (.460), third in hits (444) and third in home runs (54)
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Ryan Drumm and
Logan Crock have each swiped six bases this year
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AJ Solomon leads the team in walks (32) and on-base percentage (.457)
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Connor Sackett is on a five-game hitting streak
- Sackett is batting .414 against BIG EAST foes
- Bello hit his seventh home run of the season vs. Creighton
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Ian Choi hit his fourth double of the year vs. the Bluejays
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Ryan Drumm had a two-hit game his last time out
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Tate Foxson appeared on the mound twice vs. CU and struck out seven
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Jack Griffiths had a clean frame in relief vs. Creighton
- Moroknek had an RBI in every game of the weekend series
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Brett Sherrard struck out three in his lone inning vs. CU
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Ben Whiteside went 2.2 innings vs. CU striking out two
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BIG EAST Standings
Creighton 12-3, 31-13
UConn 14-4, 30-18
Xavier 13-5, 29-21
St. John's 9-6, 24-20
Seton Hall 6-9, 20-28
Villanova 4-11, 20-24
Butler 3-12, 14-33
Georgetown 2-13, 14-34
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Around the BIG EAST
Georgetown at Seton Hall
Villanova at St. John's
Butler at UConn
Xavier at Creighton
Up Next
Butler will spend the weekend in Storrs to face the UConn Huskies in a three-game series. Game one is set for Friday at 6 p.m.