INDIANAPOLIS - Butler will host Southern Indiana on Tuesday, April 7, at Bulldog Park. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. A link to live stats will be available on Butlersports.com.
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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATES: April 7
GAME TIME: 3PM
LOCATION: Indianapolis, Ind.
LIVE STATS: Butlersports.com​
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ABOUT THE BULLDOGS

• Butler (11-20, 3-0 BIG EAST) is coming off a series sweep over the Villanova Wildcats over the weekend in the Dawgs' first BIG EAST series of the season. Butler swept the series with an 8-6 win on Thursday, a 7-5 win on Friday and a 10-1 victory on Saturday.
• Butler is 6-1 in its last seven games dating back to the Dawgs' midweek affair with Toledo on March 24.
• Brock Buckley was sensational on Saturday for Butler. The senior tossed seven shutout innings en route to a 10-1 victory as the righty allowed only one hit while fanning seven Villanova batters.
• Against Villanova, Gavin Gilmore was superb for Butler. Gilmore batted .500 with a 1.214 slugging percentage as the junior tallied seven hits, four runs scored, a double, three home runs, eight RBIs and a walk.
• Matthew Rhoades ranks fifth nationally in home runs (17), 12th nationally in total bases (95) and is 21st nationally in slugging percentage (.785). The junior leads the team in RBIs (32) and runs (33).
• Gilmore leads Butler at the dish, slashing .330/.554/.943 in 27 games this season. The junior leads the team in hits (37), doubles (8) and triples (1).
• Buckley leads Butler on the mound, in 10 appearances (eight starts), Buckley has posted a 4.96 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. The senior leads Butler with 44 strikeouts on the season.
• Logan Crock was named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watchlist earlier this season. The award honors the nation's top shortstop and will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation later this year. The top 100 shortstops in the country made the list, which featured Butler shortstop Crock. The sophomore has had a solid start to 2026, slashing .262/.405/.771 in 26 games for the Dawgs. Crock has 22 hits, four doubles, two homers and 16 RBIs to his credit.
• Butler returns 17 letterwinners from a year ago and welcomes 21 new faces to the squad for 2026.
• Butler welcomed Ty Neal to the coaching staff this offseason as the program's pitching coach. Neal was an assistant coach at Michigan in 2025, helping the Wolverines post a 33-23 overall record. They went 16-14 in the Big Ten standings and held a 4.92 team ERA. Neal has made stops at Michigan, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Indiana, Miami Ohio, and Southern Illinois. He brings nearly 20 years of coaching experience to the program and has assisted in the recruiting and development of over 50 MLB draft picks.
• Grayson Bradberry was named the BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year by D1Baseball and Perfect Game prior to the start of the season. Bradberry hails from Columbia City, Indiana and earned All-Conference honors (3x), Pre-Season All-State honors, team MVP (2x), NE8 Conference Player of the Year and was chosen as a two-time team captain.
• In 2025, Butler saw Jack Moroknek get drafted in the 11th round by the Washington Nationals. Moroknek led the team in hits (81), batting average (.372), total bases (153), RBIs (57), home runs (18), runs scored (57), slugging percentage (.702) and OPS (1.145) while posting one of the best individual seasons in Butler history. Moroknek was the first Bulldog drafted since Ryan Pepiot was taken in the third round of the 2019 MLB Draft.
• Head Coach Blake Beemer enters his fourth season at the helm of the Bulldogs. Beemer helped coach back-to-back BIG EAST Freshman of the Year winners Joey Urban (2023) and Kade Lewis (2024) in his first two seasons with the Bulldogs. Beemer played a pivotal role in developing Jack Moroknek who earned All-BIG EAST second team honors a season ago before being selected by the Washington Nationals in the 2025 MLB Draft.

 
SCOUTING SOUTHERN INDIANA

• Southern Indiana (19-13) will take on Bellarmine on Monday, April 6, before playing the Bulldogs on Tuesday, April 7.
• Patrick McLellan leads USI at the dish, hitting .390 on the season. McLellan leads the team in hits (48), doubles (9), home runs (3) and RBIs (35).
• Ean Dipasquale leads USI on the mound with a 2-1 record and a 2.76 ERA in 29.1 innings of action. Dipasquale has allowed zero home runs this season and has totaled 19 strikeouts across nine games.

 
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will return to action this weekend as BU hosts UConn for a three-game BIG EAST series at Bulldog Park. Game one is slated for Friday, April 10, with first pitch coming at 3 p.m. More information about the series will be available on Butlersports.com.