NEW YORK (Interstat) — Saint John’s defeated Butler 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at Jack Kaiser Stadium, overcoming an early tie with three runs over the seventh and eighth innings. The Red Storm improved to 30-24 while the Bulldogs dropped to 18-33.

Ian Mowad earned top-star honors, allowing three hits and no earned runs over 3⅔ innings with two strikeouts. Nick Romer, Tommy Conley and Evan Hoeckele combined for four scoreless relief frames, with Hoeckele fanning four over two innings. Brock Buckley took the loss despite a no-hitter through seven innings, yielding two earned runs with five strikeouts.

Saint John’s struck in the fourth on Adam Agresti’s RBI single. Jon LeGrande added a run-scoring single in the seventh. In the eighth, Ian Bernardini and Lewis Rodriguez delivered consecutive RBI singles for a 4-0 lead. Charlie Schebler doubled home Butler’s only run in the ninth, finishing 2 for 4.

Rob Mansour led the Red Storm offense with three hits. Agresti and LeGrande each had two hits and an RBI. Butler managed six hits. The win avenged a 7-3 loss Thursday; Saint John’s won two of three in the series.