Grizzlies and Blue Dragons Split in Hutchinson
Butler Opens Conference Play Splitting With Blue Dragons
Game 1
Game 1
| Final (9) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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#14 Butler
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
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Hutchinson
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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#14 Butler
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
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Hutchinson
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The 14th ranked Butler softball team split a doubleheader with the Hutchinson Blue Dragons at Fun Valley Sports Complex on Thursday afternoon.
In the Grizzlies (7-1, 1-1) conference opening doubleheader, they fell 7-6 in nine innings in game one and won 10-2 in six innings in game two.
Butler led 6-2 entering the bottom of the seventh inning in game one but Hutchinson rallied for four seventh inning runs tying the game 6-6. The teams then went to extra innings with a scoreless eighth before the Blue Dragons got a two out RBI single from Addison Lutz to secure the win 7-6 in the ninth inning. A two-run home run from Kim Yepez in the first inning saw Butler gain an early 2-0 lead. Hutchinson eventually tied the game 2-2 in the third inning but the Grizzlies ripped off four unanswered runs with one in the fifth and three in the top of the seventh before the Dragons tied it in the seventh.
Game two saw the Grizzlies respond with a 10-2 run rule win in six innings to force the split. Hutchinson scored its only two runs of the game in the first inning to go ahead 2-0 but Butler pitcher Ellie Randall (W, 2-0) held the Dragons off the board for the rest of the game throwing a complete game striking out five, walking four and allowing three hits and two runs in six innings. The Grizzlies plated three runs in the second inning, five runs in the fifth inning and two runs in the sixth to earn the run rule win.
TOP PERFORMERS GAME 1:
Claire Lopez (Olathe, KS): 3-4, 3 R, 3 SB, RBI, BB
Kim Yepez (Round Rock, TX): 2-4, 4 RBI, R, BB
Chloe Odle (Beloit, KS): 6.0 IP, 4 R, 3 K's, 3 BB, 9 H
Addy Ewing (Owasso, OK): 2.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 K's, 0 BB
TOP PERFORMERS GAME 2:
Claire Lopez (Olathe, KS): 2-3, 2 R, 2 SB
Jenna Jobe (Vilonia, AR): 3-4, 3 RBI, 3B
Karson Holson (Owasso, OK): 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 2B
Ellie Randall (Wichita, KS): W, 6.0 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 5 K's, 4 BB
NEXT UP:
Butler travels to Liberal for a conference doubleheader with the Seward Saints at French Family Field on Sunday at 1 p.m.