Ball State University Athletics
Wednesday, March 18
Muncie, Ind.
3 PM
Ball State University
vs
Butler
Photo by: Josh Brunette
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The Ball State baseball team takes a break from Mid-American Conference play to host Butler at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Shebek Stadium.
The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and WMUN 92.5 FM / 1340 AM. Links to both broadcasts and live stats can be found above and on the schedule page.
Ball State (10-8, 5-1 MAC) swept Eastern Michigan last weekend behind an offense that scored a combined 38 runs in the three games. Ryan Muizelaar was named the MAC Player of the Week after hitting 9-for-14 with two home runs and 13 RBI against the Eagles.
Butler (4-16) has dropped eight games in a row including being swept in a four-game series at Wichita State in Kansas last weekend.
Former Ball State student-athlete and assistant coach Blake Beemer is in his fourth season as the head coach of the Bulldogs, who were picked to finish eighth in the eight-team Big East preseason poll.
Butler leads all of NCAA Division I in double plays turned (26) and double plays per game (1.30) and paces the Big East in total hits (183), home runs (30) and slugging percentage (.459).
Junior first baseman Matthew Rhoades leads the league in home runs (12, No. 4 nationally), total bases (65, No. 13), slugging percentage (.833, No. 24) and runs scored (22). Fellow junior David Ayers
tops the Bulldogs in batting average (.342) and RBI (23) while tallying five doubles and six home runs so far this year.
Ball State is next set to play at Western Michigan starting Friday afternoon for its first road series of the conference season.
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The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and WMUN 92.5 FM / 1340 AM. Links to both broadcasts and live stats can be found above and on the schedule page.
Ball State (10-8, 5-1 MAC) swept Eastern Michigan last weekend behind an offense that scored a combined 38 runs in the three games. Ryan Muizelaar was named the MAC Player of the Week after hitting 9-for-14 with two home runs and 13 RBI against the Eagles.
Butler (4-16) has dropped eight games in a row including being swept in a four-game series at Wichita State in Kansas last weekend.
Former Ball State student-athlete and assistant coach Blake Beemer is in his fourth season as the head coach of the Bulldogs, who were picked to finish eighth in the eight-team Big East preseason poll.
Butler leads all of NCAA Division I in double plays turned (26) and double plays per game (1.30) and paces the Big East in total hits (183), home runs (30) and slugging percentage (.459).
Junior first baseman Matthew Rhoades leads the league in home runs (12, No. 4 nationally), total bases (65, No. 13), slugging percentage (.833, No. 24) and runs scored (22). Fellow junior David Ayers
tops the Bulldogs in batting average (.342) and RBI (23) while tallying five doubles and six home runs so far this year.
Ball State is next set to play at Western Michigan starting Friday afternoon for its first road series of the conference season.
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