No. 2 seed Butler bounced by Vikings

Cleveland State awaits today's loser in the winner's bracket game.
NILES -- Steve Chinn hit an RBI double with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Friday to lift Cleveland State over second-seeded Butler 2-1 in the Horizon League Tournament at Eastwood Field.
The Vikings remain alive to face today's loser between Illinois-Chicago and Youngstown State.
"This game says a lot about the character of our team, when a freshman [Ryan Dukovich] gets a hit in that situation, and Chinn, after making a great defensive play, turns around and hits a game-winning double," coach Jay Murphy said. "This was an outstanding pitching performance by Gary Ball and Gian Testa to close it out and get us this win."
Decisive inning
Dukovich started the decisive ninth with a one-out single up the middle before being lifted for pinch-runner Brian Lombardi.
Murphy's move paid off, as after Mike Ochwat flied out, Chinn roped a double to the warning track in left-center and Lombardi scored from first. Testa then came on to work a perfect ninth to pick up his sixth save of the year.
Ball worked out of a jam in the eighth inning, as the Bulldogs loaded the bases on an error, a single and a walk, but Ball got Tony Barnes to ground out to Chinn to end the inning.
The Vikings scored first in the second inning as Marc Sikora of Boardman doubled down the left-field line and scored on Testa's single to right-center. Butler tied the score in the sixth on an RBI single by Jeff Brown.
Cleveland State remains alive in the tournament with top-seeded UIC and seventh-seeded Youngstown State. Those two will square off at 12:30 p.m. today, with the loser facing the Vikings at 4:30 p.m.
The winner of the second game will advance to face the winner at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday with a berth in the NCAA Tournament on the line.
Butler 4, Detroit 3
Pinch-hitter Matt Martino homered down the right-field line leading off the 10th inning to give the Bulldogs the Horizon League Tournament win.
Martino, who was called upon to pinch hit for Brandon Tormoehlen, homered on a 1-1 count against Detroit's Bob Lothian.
Butler's Matt Byzet pitched the complete-game victory, striking out seven and walking two.