INDIANAPOLIS - Butler took down Toledo 11-1 in eight innings at Victory Field on Tuesday evening. Grayson Bradberry was stellar on the mound, throwing six scoreless and striking out five. The Bulldogs were firing on all cylinders offensively, notching 12 hits including three multi-hit performances. With the win, Butler advances to 6-19 on the season while Toledo falls to 11-11. 
 
BULLDOG HIGHLIGHTS

• Grayson Bradberry had his best outing of the season on the mound, tossing six scoreless innings while allowing just four hits. The freshman matched his season high in strikeouts with five. 
• David Ayers went 3-for-5 with two singles and a solo homer, his eighth of the season. Ayers also swiped three bags, marking his first career game with multiple stolen bases. 
• Gunnar Duncan went 3-for-4 with a career high four RBIs, the first multi-RBI game of his career. 
• Easton Moore went 2-for-3 with a double, a single and two runs.
• Charlie Schebler doubled and scored a run.
• Gavin Gilmore notched an RBI single, two walks and two runs.
• Connor Sackett recorded his eighth RBI of the season.
• Logan Crock walked and drove in a run.
• Logan Baker and Jack Zeller each tallied a hit.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the bottom of the first, Butler was able to scratch across its first run of the day as two errors and two stolen bases allowed Ayers to make his way around the diamond, putting Butler on the board first
• Moore began the bottom of the fourth with a leadoff double. In the ensuing at-bat, Gavin Gilmore ripped a single to left, scoring Moore. Two batters later, Duncan drove home Gilmore with an RBI single, extending Butler's lead to 3-0 heading into the fifth. 
• Toledo loaded the bases in the top of the fifth, but Bradberry was able to get out of the jam to keep the BU lead at 3-0. Ayers hit a solo shot in the bottom half of the inning, extending the Butler advantage to four. 
• Three of the first four batters reached for BU to begin the sixth, loading the bases with one out. Duncan notched his second RBI single of the game, and Crock drove home a run with a sacrifice fly. The Bulldogs led 6-0 entering the seventh.
• An RBI double from the Rockets got Toledo on the board in the seventh. Butler was unable to scratch any runs across in the bottom half of the frame as the lead stood at 6-1 heading into the eighth. 
• Butler tacked on two more in the eighth behind an RBI single from Duncan as the Butler lead grew to seven (8-1). The Bulldog offense wasn't done yet as an RBI single from Ayers scored another before a double steal scratched another across for the Dawgs. BU loaded the bases and Toledo walked a run in as Butler secured the 11-1 victory in eight innings. 

UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will return to action this weekend as the Dawgs travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to take on UW-Milwaukee. Game one of the series is scheduled for Friday, March 27, with first pitch coming at 4 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT. More information about the series will be available on Butlersports.com.