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Tuesday, April 14
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3 PM
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The Ball State baseball team is set for a pair of in-state midweek matchups, playing at Butler on Tuesday and at home against Southern Indiana on Wednesday.
Both games are scheduled for 3 p.m. start times and will be broadcast over the radio on WMUN 92.5 FM / 1340 AM and on the WMUN app. Tuesday's contest at Bulldog Park in Indianapolis gets streamed on the HomeTeam Network, and Wednesday's game against USI can be seen on the WMUN Facebook page. Links to broadcasts and live stats can be found above and on the schedule page.
The Cardinals (18-17, 12-6 Mid-American Conference) took 2 of 3 games against Akron over the weekend including a comeback 3-2 decision on Saturday afternoon featuring a two-run rally in the ninth inning highlighted by a walk-off single by Brett Griffiths.
The Bulldogs (13-22, 4-2 Big East) came back from a 4-0 deficit entering the eighth inning to beat UConn 5-4 on Friday afternoon but dropped the final two games of the series with the Huskies. Butler topped Ball State 14-10 back on March 18 in Muncie in the first game of the season between the two teams.
Butler leads its conference in homers (51, No. 39 nationally), double plays turned (33, No. 15) and slugging percentage (.447).
Junior first baseman Matthew Rhoades paces the Big East and ranks sixth in NCAA Division I with 17 home runs this season. Rhoades also leads the league in total bases (102, No. 17 nationally) while ranking second in slugging percentage (.745).
The Screaming Eagles (20-17, 4-8 Ohio Valley Conference) got swept at Eastern Illinois over the weekend after falling 14-12 at Butler the previous Tuesday for a four-game losing streak. Southern Indiana beat Ball State on March 24 by a score of 13-3 in Evansville.
Southern Indiana is proficient at small ball, as the Screaming Eagles have tallied the eighth-most sacrifice bunts (34) in Division I this year. The team ranks third in the OVC in both runs scored (278) and walks (156).
Senior outfielder Patrick McLellan boasts the second-best batting average in the league (.371) while also pacing the Screaming Eagles in total hits (53), doubles (10), runs scored (43) and RBI (35). Senior pitcher Andres Gonzalez is a strong possibility to enter the game, as his 22 pitching appearances are tied for the most in the country.
Ball State's next weekend series is set to begin Friday night at Kent State.
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Both games are scheduled for 3 p.m. start times and will be broadcast over the radio on WMUN 92.5 FM / 1340 AM and on the WMUN app. Tuesday's contest at Bulldog Park in Indianapolis gets streamed on the HomeTeam Network, and Wednesday's game against USI can be seen on the WMUN Facebook page. Links to broadcasts and live stats can be found above and on the schedule page.
The Cardinals (18-17, 12-6 Mid-American Conference) took 2 of 3 games against Akron over the weekend including a comeback 3-2 decision on Saturday afternoon featuring a two-run rally in the ninth inning highlighted by a walk-off single by Brett Griffiths.
The Bulldogs (13-22, 4-2 Big East) came back from a 4-0 deficit entering the eighth inning to beat UConn 5-4 on Friday afternoon but dropped the final two games of the series with the Huskies. Butler topped Ball State 14-10 back on March 18 in Muncie in the first game of the season between the two teams.
Butler leads its conference in homers (51, No. 39 nationally), double plays turned (33, No. 15) and slugging percentage (.447).
Junior first baseman Matthew Rhoades paces the Big East and ranks sixth in NCAA Division I with 17 home runs this season. Rhoades also leads the league in total bases (102, No. 17 nationally) while ranking second in slugging percentage (.745).
The Screaming Eagles (20-17, 4-8 Ohio Valley Conference) got swept at Eastern Illinois over the weekend after falling 14-12 at Butler the previous Tuesday for a four-game losing streak. Southern Indiana beat Ball State on March 24 by a score of 13-3 in Evansville.
Southern Indiana is proficient at small ball, as the Screaming Eagles have tallied the eighth-most sacrifice bunts (34) in Division I this year. The team ranks third in the OVC in both runs scored (278) and walks (156).
Senior outfielder Patrick McLellan boasts the second-best batting average in the league (.371) while also pacing the Screaming Eagles in total hits (53), doubles (10), runs scored (43) and RBI (35). Senior pitcher Andres Gonzalez is a strong possibility to enter the game, as his 22 pitching appearances are tied for the most in the country.
Ball State's next weekend series is set to begin Friday night at Kent State.
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