Butler Baseball Opens Conference Play at Garden City
Grizzlies Open Conference Play 1-1
GARDEN CITY, Kan. – Butler baseball traveled to Williams Stadium for a doubleheader with the Garden City Broncbusters on Thursday afternoon and came away with a split.
Butler (8-6, 1-1 KJCCC) won game one 7-6 before falling 19-8 to Garden City (8-8, 1-1) in a seven-inning run rule in game two.
In game one, Butler trailed 3-2 entering the sixth inning. The Grizzlies ripped off five runs in the sixth inning, scoring on an error, a fielder's choice RBI from Alex Coester, an RBI single from Holden Lough and a two-run double from Jackson Ellison to take a 7-3 lead. Garden City answered with three runs in the sixth to pull within 7-6 but Grizzly closer Jack Haag closed things out for his second save of the season in the seventh inning.
Garden City blitzed the Grizzlies in game two winning 19-8. The Broncbusters used a 10-run sixth inning to go ahead 19-6. Butler led 5-3 after a four run second inning aided by an error. The Grizzlies used four pitchers in the game.
TOP PERFORMERS GAME 1:
Holden Lough (Spring Hill, KS): 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B, RBI
Jackson Ellison (Wichita, KS): 3-3, 3 RBI, BB
Jaden Rose (Overland Park, KS): 2-4, R
Shane Holman (Wichita, KS): (W, 3-0), 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 4 K's, 0 BB
Jack Haag (Montgomery, TX): Save, 1.0 IP, 0 R, 1 K, 0 BB
TOP PERFORMERS GAME 2:
Cooper Rasmussen (Temecula, CA): 2-3, RBI
Breck Romero (Montgomery, TX): 3-4, R, RBI
Jackson Ellison (Wichita, KS): 2-4, RBI
Alex Coester (Girard, KS): 1-3, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
NEXT UP:
The Grizzlies wrap up the series with the Broncbusters on Saturday at McDonald Stadium, first pitch at noon.