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FAIRBORN — By the time the first inning finally ended, and the Skyhawks exhaled, the game was already gone. Not slipping. Not tilting. Gone. Butler didn’t so much take control Wednesday as they removed all doubt in one long, relentless opening frame — a nine-run avalanche of line drives, walks, hit batters, and the kind of pressure that turns a baseball field into a place you just want to escape. When it was over, the Aviators had sent 13 to the plate, batted around with room

WEST CARROLLTON — The Butler Aviators swept the West Carrollton Pirates Monday evening by a combined score of 39-3. There isn't much more to say about that, other than it was swift and decisive. Monday's 21-3 road win was the kind of game where the only real question by the second inning was how high the number was going to go. Seven stolen bases. Eleven walks. Thirteen hits. A first inning where the Pirate's starter allowed four runs before recording an out. A second inning

VANDALIA  — Some games don't need a narrative. Friday was one of them. Butler (10-1, 5-1) came home, scored three in the first, eleven in the second, four in the third, and sent West Carrollton home after five innings by a score of 18-0. Run rule. Clean. Professional. Exactly what you want from your team the Friday after a tough loss. The first inning set the tone immediately — Jackson Schilling tripled to center, Paxton Dwenger tripled down the right field line, and Jack Egb

DAYTON — Three hits. That's all the Aviators could muster Tuesday night at Day Air Ballpark, and on a night when the bats went quiet, 3-0 is about right. Butler's offense — the same group that has amassed a league leading 120 runs — ran into the Trojans' Jake Reinhardt who was on, and even the best teams will have nights like that. The Trojans got on the board in the first inning when Colton Akins singled and the run came around to score. That was all the cushion Troy woul