Harrison Freed heads for home plate. Freed hit three home runs in Butler’s first series of the season. Jimmy Lafakis/Collegian file photo.
Butler baseball began this season in the loss column but rebounded to take the series from the Rider Broncs in Lexington, South Carolina, this past weekend.
In Game 1 of the series, Ryan Pepiot gave up four earned runs in 4 2/3 innings and Rider was up 7-1 before the fifth inning was all said and done. It proved to be too much of a hole for the Bulldogs to overcome as they fell, 9-4.