{"id":2390,"date":"2018-03-28T10:14:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T15:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2018-03-28T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T15:14:15","slug":"butler-baseball-preps-for-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/2018\/03\/28\/butler-baseball-preps-for-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler baseball preps for Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Left-handed freshman Andy Bennett stands at the plate against Valparaiso on March 23. Photo by Jimmy Lafakis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Butler University baseball team will take on Indiana University in a three-game series beginning on March 29.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bulldogs faced the Hoosiers just once last year. The game ended in favor of the Bulldogs, 7-5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josh Walker took home the victory for the Bulldogs last year. He pitched nearly 2.1 innings of perfect baseball, including two strikeouts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garrett Christman went three for four at the plate and scored three runs. Zach Jarosz also hit three for four and earned himself an RBI in the process. Michael Diviesti drove in three runs for the Bulldogs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bulldogs travelled to Bloomington in that match-up as well. Last year\u2019s game took place in mid-April, when temperatures were rising. The cold air of late March will no doubt have an effect on the play of both teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bulldogs had four games canceled in the span on one week due to weather. Rain clouds the forecast for this weekends series as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The offensive strength of the Hoosiers cannot be ignored. Luke Mitchell serves as the lead off man and has hit seven home runs and 18 RBI. The Hoosiers\u2019 highest batting average is held by Matt Gorski at .338.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bulldogs dominate in the batting average category with Jacob Margoff, Tyler Houston and Christman above the .338 mark. Margoff leads the team in batting average at .364.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hoosiers are \u00a0ranked 11th in the nation, while the Bulldogs are unranked. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The games are set to take place on March 29 and 30 at 6:05 p.m. and March 31 at 2:05 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-handed freshman Andy Bennett stands at the plate against Valparaiso on March 23. Photo by Jimmy Lafakis. The Butler University baseball team will take on Indiana University in a three-game series beginning on March 29. The Bulldogs faced the Hoosiers just once last year. The game ended in favor of the Bulldogs, 7-5. 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