NEW YORK (Interstat) — Grayson Bradberry pitched six no-hit innings and Charlie Schebler drove in three runs as Butler defeated Saint John’s 7-3 in a Big East Conference game Thursday afternoon at Jack Kaiser Stadium.

Bradberry, a right-hander, allowed two earned runs on no hits while striking out six over six innings. He walked two batters and hit two others but kept the Red Storm off the scoreboard until the second inning. Bradberry improved to 3-5 on the season after his previous outing against Xavier on May 8, when he took the loss after five innings.

Butler, which entered the game with an 18-31 record, snapped a four-game losing streak. Saint John’s fell to 28-24.

The Bulldogs jumped ahead in the top of the third inning after trailing 2-0. Gunnar Duncan singled and Logan Crock singled, putting runners at the corners. Aidan Thaxton was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Danny Gavin’s sacrifice fly scored Duncan. Matthew Rhoades singled up the middle to score Crock and move Thaxton to third. After Thaxton was thrown out at home on a fielder’s choice, Schebler singled to right center to drive in Rhoades, giving Butler a 3-2 lead.

Butler added a run in the fourth when David Ayers tripled and scored on Crock’s single to center, making it 4-2.

Schebler homered to right center in the fifth inning, extending the lead to 5-2. He finished 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs. Schebler also singled in the ninth inning for his fourth hit.

Saint John’s had scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Ayden Frey was hit by a pitch, Cristian Bernardini singled and Rob Mansour singled through the right side to drive in Frey. Lewis Rodriguez was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Jon LeGrande’s sacrifice fly scored Bernardini. Bradberry then retired Jayder Raifstanger to end the inning.

The Red Storm cut the deficit to 5-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning after Bradberry was replaced by Alex Kanipe. Jayder Raifstanger singled, Shaun McMillan singled and Adam Agresti grounded out to move the runners to second and third. Dylan Fitzsimmons grounded out to shortstop, scoring Raifstanger. Kanipe struck out Ayden Frey to end the inning.

Kanipe pitched three innings, allowing one earned run on no hits with one strikeout.

Butler put the game away in the top of the ninth inning. Aidan Thaxton tripled to right field and scored on a single by Gavin Gilmore. Matthew Rhoades was hit by a pitch and Schebler singled to drive in Gilmore, making the score 7-3. Kyle Chase relieved Victor Frederick for Saint John’s and gave up one hit but no further runs.

Frederick had pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing two earned runs on five hits with five strikeouts. Liam O’Leary started for Saint John’s and pitched five innings, allowing five earned runs on seven hits with four strikeouts. Chase pitched 0.2 innings and gave up one hit.

Dylan Fitzsimmons had two hits and an RBI for the Red Storm. Logan Crock had three hits and an RBI for Butler. Aidan Thaxton scored twice.

Butler’s win came despite entering the game as a heavy underdog. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Saint John’s 6, Butler 4, and the Interstat ELO system gave Saint John’s a 79.10 percent probability to win. The two teams are scheduled to play again Friday and Saturday.