INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Manchester University baseball team got to enjoy a unique experience on Wednesday afternoon. The Spartans battled NCAA Division I Butler University at Bulldog Park in the team's first non-conference contest against a Division I opponent since 2019.
Manchester and Butler remained tied through four and a half innings of action before the Bulldogs pulled away for a 5-2 victory. A 2-run home run in the bottom of the 7
th inning provided Butler with some insurance runs to hang on for the narrow victory on Wednesday afternoon.
Spartan Stats:
- First-year Gavin Gleason (Brookston, Ind./Delphi Community) got the Spartans on the board in the top of the 2nd inning following a sac fly to right field that scored fellow first-year Rocco Hanes (Ossian, Ind./Norwell).
- Austin Snider, Griffin Garwood, Ryan Mueller, and Paul Barrow each recorded a hit against the Bulldogs.
- The Manchester pitching staff did a solid job of limiting the Butler offense to five runs on 11 hits. Austin Kresl (Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll) and Jared Holley (Wabash, Ind./Wabash) both struck out a pair on Wednesday.
Up Next:
- Manchester will gear up for a four-game series this weekend against Kalamazoo College.
- The Spartans will face the Hornets in a pair of doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday March 5 and 6 at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis.
- First pitch both days will be scheduled for 12 p.m.
- Manchester University Athletics will be on site this weekend and will provide live stat coverage of all four games.
