2018 Baseball Game Notes FEBRUARY (8-0) GAMEDAY INFORMATION 16-17 vs. Lehigh W, 12-1 / W, 15-6 Dates: Friday, Saturday, Sunday / March 9-11 17 at UNCW W, 6-2 Location: Indianapolis, Ind. / Bulldog Park 18 vs. Eastern Kentucky W, 6-5 Live Stats: ButlerSports.com 23 vs. George Mason W, 5-4 (11) 24 vs. George Mason W, 12-1 / W, 5-3 BUTLER BULLDOGS (10-1) 25 vs. George Mason W, 3-0 (7) Head Coach: Dave Schrage HITS: Tyler Houston - 15 MARCH (2-1) RBI: Garrett Christman - 17 2 vs. Saint Peter’s W, 5-1 ERA: Sam Hubbe - 1.98 3 vs. Pittsburgh L, 3-0 SO: Ryan Pepiot - 19 4 vs. Saint Peter’s W, 19-1 9-11 FORT WAYNE 3 PM FORT WAYNE MASTODONS (3-7) 13 at Northern Kentucky 3 PM Head Coach: Bobby Pierce 14 BALL STATE 4 PM HITS: Travis Upp - 12 16-18 at Western Michigan 3 PM RBI: Shannon Baker - 6 ERA: Brandon Phelps - 3.00 20 at Dayton 3 PM SO: Brandon Phelps - 15 21 DEPAUW 4 PM 23-25 VALPARAISO 4 PM 27 ANDERSON 4 PM BULLDOG PROBABLE LINEUP DONS PROBABLE LINEUP 29-31 at Indiana 6 PM # Pos. Name # Pos. Name 3 2B Zach Jarosz 2 CF Brady Hettinger APRIL (0-0) 5 CF Tyler Houston 17 1B Travis Upp 3 NORTHERN KENTUCKY 4 PM 9 RF Gehrig Parker 30 DH Brock Logan 6-8 at Creighton* 7:30 PM 4 SS Michael Hartnagel 26 C Dylan Wilbert 10 at Fort Wayne 3 PM 23 1B Connor Dall 16 3B Shannon Baker 11 MOREHEAD STATE 4 PM 6 DH James Gargano 22 SS Brandon Yoho 13-15 at Villanova* 3 PM 22 3B Garrett Christman 27 LF Jacob Dickson 17 at Eastern Illinois 3 PM 21 LF Harrison Freed 24 RF Robert Young III 18 C Zach Parker 10 2B Jack Lang 20-22 SETON HALL* 4 PM Weekend Starters Weekend Starters 24 at IU Kokomo 6 PM 40 LHP Connor Mitchell 6 RHP Brandon Phelps 25 MIAMI OHIO 4 PM 22 RHP Garrett Christman 23 LHP Damian Helm 28 ILLINOIS STATE 2 PM 13 RHP Ryan Pepiot 1 RHP Shane Odzark 29 at Illinois State 1 PM BULLDOG BITS MAY (0-0) - Butler and Fort Wayne have played each other every season since 2000 1 INDIANA STATE 6 PM - The Bulldogs hold the 13th-best team ERA in the NCAA (2.20) 4-6 XAVIER* 4 PM - The BU bullpen has 42 strikeouts and only nine walks 9 TOLEDO 4 PM - Josh Walker pinch-hit for BU vs. Saint Peter’s and delivered a hit 11-13 GEORGETOWN* 4 PM - Walker and Zach Parker each landed on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/6) 15 at Eastern Michigan 4 PM - Garrett Christman has a team-high six multi-RBI games this season 17-19 at St. John’s* 1 PM - Christman leads the team with 17 RBI with just three extra base hits (18 RBI in ‘17) 24-27 BIG EAST Tournament TBA - Christman is batting .565 with runners on base, .400 on the year (14-35) - Michael Hartnagel and James Gargano have reached base in 11-straight games * - BIG EAST Contest - Dates and Times Subject to Change - Tyler Houston leads the team with 15 hits and 24 total bases - Gehrig Parker, Houston, Hartnagel, Gargano and Christman have started every game - Freshman Jacob Margroff posts a .714 on-base percentage BUTLER BASEBALL 2018 Game Notes 2018 BUTLER BASEBALL ROSTER GENERAL Location ............................Indianapolis, Ind. 46208 No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School Founded ......................................................... 1855 1 Cole Malloy OF Sr. 6-1 Pasadena, Calif. / Loyola Enrollment ..................................................... 4,200 2 Sam Russo C Jr. 5-11 Canton, Ohio / Canton Hoover Nickname .................................................. Bulldogs School Colors .................................... Blue & White 3 Zach Jarosz 2B So. 5-10 Plainfi eld, Ill. / Plainfi eld North Facility ...................................... Bulldog Park (500) 4 Michael Hartnagel SS R-Sr. 5-9 Brownsburg, Ind. / Brownsburg Affi liation ........................................NCAA Division I 5 Tyler Houston OF Sr. 6-0 Brownsburg, Ind. / Brownsburg Conference .............................................BIG EAST 6 James Gargano MIF Fr. 6-0 Naperville, Ill. / Neuqua Valley President .......................................... James Danko 7 Jordan Wendel C Fr. 6-1 Schallet, Iowa / Alta-Aurelia Athletic Director .................................. Barry Collier 8 Josh Walker RHP Sr. 5-11 Chino Hills, Calif./Chino Hills (Orange Coast) 9 Gehrig Parker OF Sr. 5-11 Park Ridge, Ill. / Maine South TEAM INFORMATION 11 John MacCauley RHP Fr. 6-1 Paducah, Ky. / St. Mary 2017 Overall Record ......................................31-20 12 Jacob Margroff OF Fr. 5-11 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio / Woodridge 2017 BIG EAST Record / Finish ..............7-10 / 5th 2017 Position Players Returning / Lost ............. 5/3 13 Ryan Pepiot RHP So. 6-3 Westfi eld, Ind. / Westfi eld 2017 Starting Pitchers Returning / Lost .............2/1 14 Brock Balderson RHP Jr. 6-1 Alliance, Ohio / Marlington Newcomers ......................................................... 16 15 Joe Graziano LHP Fr. 6-2 Schererville, Ind. / Lake Central Twitter ........................................@ButlerUBaseball 16 JT Turley LHP Fr. 6-1 Bradenton, Fla. / IMG Academy 17 Quentin Miller RHP Jr. 6-3 Pendleton, Ind. / Pendleton Heights BASEBALL HISTORY 18 Zach Parker C/OF Jr. 5-11 Park Ridge, Ill. / Maine South First Season ................................................... 1901 19 Kyle Niemiec OF So. 6-1 Batavia, Ill. / Batavia All-Time Record ..............................1,336-1,608-12 20 Jack Pilcher RHP So. 6-3 Zionsville, Ind. / Zionsville 21 Harrison Freed OF So. 5-11 Westfi eld, Ind. / Westfi eld COACHING STAFF Head Coach .....................................Dave Schrage 22 Garrett Christman INF/RHP Sr. 6-2 Noblesville, Ind. / Noblesville Alma Mater / Year ..............................Creighton ‘83 23 Connor Dall INF Jr. 6-1 Winfi eld, Ill. / West Chicago Record at Butler .............................................31-20 24 Duncan Hewitt C So. 6-2 Indianapolis, Ind. / Lawrence North Career Record ................................ 763-826-2 (29) 25 Justin Hensley 1B Fr. 6-3 Fishers, Ind. / Brebeuf Pitching Coach .....................................Ben Norton 27 Sam Hubbe RHP Jr. 6-2 St. Charles, Ill. / North Alma Mater / Year ...........................Evansville / ‘06 29 Jack Myers RHP Fr. 6-7 Indianapolis, Ind. / Cathedral Hitting Coach .....................................Andy Pascoe 30 Connor Schultz RHP Fr. 6-4 Cedar Falls, Iowa / Cedar Falls Alma Mater / Year ...........................Evansville / ‘10 31 Andy Bennett MIF Fr. 6-1 Fishers, Ind. / Fishers Assistant Coach ...................................Brian Meyer 33 Connor Christman 3B/C So. 6-1 Noblesville, Ind. / Noblesville Alma Mater / Year .............................Otterbein / ‘04 Offi ce Phone .....................................317-940-6536 34 Landen Haney RHP Jr. 6-2 Rockford, Mich. / Rockford 36 Kevin Napoleon LHP So. 5-11 Arlington Heights, Ill. / Saint Viator SPORTS INFORMATION 37 Ryan Schmit LHP Fr. 6-1 Cary, Ill. / Prairie Ridge Assistant SID/BASE Contact ..................Kit Stetzel 38 Grant Hurn RHP Fr. 6-2 Cedar Park, Texas / Round Rock Offi ce Phone ...................................(317) 940-9994 39 Nathan Dill INF Fr. 6-4 Fort Collins, Colo. / Fort Collins Cell Phone ......................................(317) 828-9312 40 Connor Mitchell LHP R-Jr. 6-4 Plainfi eld, Ind. / Plainfi eld E-Mail .................................... [email protected] 41 Austin Waeghe RHP Fr. 6-1 Naperville, Ill. / Neuqua Valley Associate AD/Communications ........John Dedman 43 Liam Kahn RHP R-Fr. 6-1 Whitefi sh Bay, Wis / Whitefi sh Bay Offi ce Phone ...................................(317) 940-9414 E-Mail [email protected] Athletics Website ................www.ButlerSports.com HEAD COACH DAVE SCHRAGE University Website .........................www.Butler.edu Dave Schrage will enter his second season at the helm of the Butler baseball Mailing Address: ...............Butler University Athletics ......................................................Hinkle Fieldhouse program in 2018. Schrage has 29 years of head coaching experience with stops .....................................................510 W. 49th Street at Evansville, Notre Dame and South Dakota State before accepting his current ...............................................Indianapolis, IN 46208 position at BU. As a collegiate player, Schrage was an all-conference outfi elder at Creighton, batting .400 as a junior and .433 his senior season. Schrage was honored on the MVC’s Centennial Celebration baseball team and is the only person in league history to earn all-conference honors and be named MVC Coach of the Year in baseball. 2 • BButlerutler BaseballBaseball BUTLER BASEBALL 2018 Game Notes WHAT A START NCAA RANKINGS... Butler tied the school record for consecutive wins in a single-season by winning Individual their fi rst nine games. The ‘Dawgs are off to one of the best starts in school history Sacrifi ce Flies: as they head into their home opener with a 10-1 overall record. Seven different Garrett Christman, 4 - 2nd* Bulldogs have a win on the mound. The team ERA is down to 2.20 and the team Triples: batting average rests at .290. Harrison Freed, 2 - 16th* Tyler Houston, 2 - 16th* Zach Parker, 2 - 16th* PARKER PLACED ON BIG EAST WEEKLY HONOR ROLL Runs Batted In: Zach Parker went 4-for-4 with fi ve RBI, two doubles and three runs in a 2-1 Garrett Christman, 17 - 20th* weekend for Butler. In the second game against Saint Peter’s, he had one double, Sacrifi ce Bunts: a triple and a walk with all fi ve RBI. Both wins came against Saint Peter’s, the loss James Gargano, 3 - 22nd* was to Pitt. Doubles: Harrison Freed, 5 - 49th Tyler Houston, 5 - 49th WALKER LANDS ON BIG EAST WEEKLY HONOR ROLL Saves: Walker came out of the bullpen in game one of the three-game weekend series to Jack Pilcher, 2 - 52nd earn his fi rst win of the season with seven strikeouts and no walks in 3.2 innings of Runs: relief work against Saint Peter’s. James Gargano, 12 - T-110th* Michael Hartnagel, 12 - 110th* HOME OPENER Butler hasn’t lost a home opener since 2011. They defeated Fort Wayne 2-0 in 2017, Marian 15-4 in 2016, Fort Wayne 12-0 in 2015, Marian 4-3 in 2014, Fort Team Double Plays, 16 - 4th* Wayne 1-0 in 2013 and Dayton 8-5 in 2012.