INDIANAPOLIS – Game one of the weekend series between Xavier and Butler went to the Musketeers by the final score of 6-2. The two evenly matched teams entered the ninth inning knotted up at 1-1, but a five-run ninth from the visitors would lift XU to victory.
Butler's Nick Morton retired the first two batters that he faced in the ninth, however the inning would continue after a base on balls and a single through the right side of the infield. After the base knock, Butler would replace their starter with Danny Pobereyko with Will Larue coming up.