INDIANAPOLIS (Interstat) — The Butler Bulldogs broke open a close game with a late offensive surge to defeat the Toledo Rockets 11-1 on Tuesday evening at Bulldog Park.

Butler starter Grayson Bradberry set the tone, pitching six scoreless innings with five strikeouts to earn the win. The Bulldogs scored once in the first on an error and added two in the fourth before David Ayers hit a solo home run in the fifth.

Toledo’s lone run came in the seventh on an RBI double by Preston Zumwalt. Butler then put the game away with a five-run eighth inning, highlighted by Gunnar Duncan’s two-run single. Duncan finished with four RBIs.

The victory improved Butler to 4-18, while Toledo fell to 10-12.