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Butler visits for weekend series

On the mound

For Butler: Jr RHP Sam Hubbe (2.29 ERA, 13 K, 9 BB, 18 H in 4 appearances/3 starts).

For Indiana: Jr RHP Jonathan Stiever (3.38 ERA, 42 K, 9 BB, 32 H in 6 starts)
 
Indiana batting order:

1. CF Logan Kaletha
2. 2B Matt Lloyd
3. 3B Luke Miller
4. RF Logan Sowers
5. 1B Elijah Dunham
6. LF Matt Gorski
7. C Ryan Fineman
8. DH Sam Crail
9. SS Jeremy Houston
 
B1: Kaletha flies out to center. Lloyd walks. Miller advances to second on a wild pitch, Lloyd to third. Sowers gets hit by pitch to load the bases. Dunham strikes out swinging, then Gorski fouls out. A strong offensive start but IU can't drive in any runs despite loading the bases.

End of 1st inning: Still scoreless
 
T2: Butler's Michael Hartnagel grounds out to second. Garrett Christman grounds out to second. Harrison Freed strikes out looking.

Still scoreless heading into B2.
 
B2: Fineman singles through the left side. Crail grounds out to first. Houston fouls out to first. Kaletha grounds out to third.

End of 2nd inning: Still scoreless
 
T3: Butler's Connor Dall grounds out to third. Duncan Hewitt flies out to center. Zach Jarosz singles through the right side. James Gargando fouls out to third.

Still scoreless heading into B3.
 
B3: Lloyd grounds out to second. Miller flies out to center. Sowers strikes out looking and let the umpire know he didn't agree with the call.

End of 3rd inning: Still scoreless
 
T4: Butler's Tyler Houston grounds out to shortstop. Parker strikes out swinging. Hartnagel doubles down the left field line. Christman's two-out RBI single scores Hartnagel and gets Butler on the board.

Butler 1, Indiana 0
 
B4: Dunham grounds out to shortstop. Gorski flies out to the warning track at center. Fineman flies out to center.

End of 4th inning: Butler still leads 1-0
 
I don't like the way this game is going. They are beginning to hit and we are getting more shutdown by their pitcher....
 
T5: Butler's Dall singles up the middle. Hewitt's sac-bunt advances Dall to second. Jarosz strikes out looking. Gargano singles up the middle but gets tagged out at second, scoring Dall.

Butler 2, Indiana 0 heading into B5
 
B5: Crail grounds out to shortstop. Houston grounds out to second. Kaletha gets hit by pitch, then advances to second on a failed pickoff attempt. Lloyd hits an RBI single through the left side to score Kaletha.

Butler 2, Indiana 1 with two outs
 
T6: Wow, what a snag by Lloyd to get Butler's Houston to line out to second. Parker singles through the left side.

Hartnagel reaches first on an error by the shortstop, advancing Parker to second.

Christman grounds out to first, advancing Parker to third and Hartnagel to second. Freed hits a ground rule RBI double over the left field wall, scoring Parker and Hartnagel.

Butler 4, Indiana 1 with two outs
 
T6 continued: Dall reaches first on another error by IU shortstop Jeremy Houston, Freed advances to third. Dall steals second. Hewitt strikes out swinging.

Butler 4, Indiana 1 heading into B6
 
B6: Sowers gets hit by pitch.

Pitching change for Butler: Sr right-hander Josh Walker replaces Hubbe.

Hubbe's unofficial line: 2 K, 1 BB, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 H in 5.0 innings
 
B6 continued: Dunham walks, advancing Sowers to second. Gorski reaches first on a fielder's choice, Dunham advances to second on an error by the third baseman then third, allowing Sowers to score an unearned run.

Butler 4, Indiana 2 with no outs
 
B6 continued: Gorski steals second. Fineman singles to pitcher, advancing to second on a throwing error by the pitcher. Gorski scores, unearned, to give Fineman the RBI, Dunham scores as well.

Indiana and Butler tied at 4, no outs
 
B6 continued: Pinch-hitting for Crail, Laren Eustace hits a sac-bunt to advance Fineman to third. Pinch-hitting for Houston, Drew Ashley hits a sac-fly RBI to right to score Fineman and give Indiana its first lead.

Indiana 5, Butler 4 with two outs.
 
T8: Butler's Parker walks. Hartnagel flies out to right. Christman flies out to left. Freed singles up the middle, advancing Parker to second. Dall hits an RBI single to right, scoring Parker and advancing Freed to third.

Indiana and Butler now tied at 5 with two outs.
 
T8 continued: Dall steals second. Pinch-hitting for Hewitt, Butler's Andy Bennett strikes out swinging. Big strikeout for Krueger, stranding runners on the corners.

Indiana and Butler tied at 5 heading into B8.
 
B8: Cole Barr strikes out swinging. Gorski grounds out to shortstop. Fineman singles through the left side. Eustace flies out to center.

End of 8th inning: Indiana and Butler tied at 5.
 
T9: Butler's Jarosz walks. Gargano's sac-bunt advances Jarosz to second. Houston walks. Parker pops out to shortstop. Hartnagel strikes out looking.

Still tied at 5 heading into B9
 
B9: Justin Walker gets hit by pitch. Kaletha strikes out looking. Lloyd singles to center, putting runners on the corners.

Pitching change for Butler: Junior right-hander Quentin Miller replaces Napoleon.

Napoleon with 1 K and 1 hit in 1/3 of an inning.
 
B9 continued: Miller strikes out swinging.

FINAL: Indiana defeats Butler 6-5 on a passed ball that scores a run in the bottom of the ninth. Game 2 of double header expected to begin at 6 p.m. ET
 
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