Notes compiled by Wyatt Ebersole
Tuesday Game Information
#17 Butler vs Labette
Tuesday, February 28th | 1 and 3 PM
Massey Ratings Score Prediction (both games): Butler 7, Labette 4
Other Massey Ratings game insights (both games):
Chance to win %: Butler 69%, Labette 31% | Betting line: Butler -2.5 | Runs O/U: 11.5
Labette Notes:
- The Butler Softball team will travel to Parsons, Kansas on Tuesday to battle with the Labette Cardinals at 1 and 3 PM
- Labette is 2-0 at home this year, sweeping Iowa Central 11-5 and 5-4 last week
- Butler is 2-1 in true road games this year, sweeping Seward on Saturday and the lone loss being at McLennan in the second game of the year
- Butler is 3-0 this year when allowing three of fewer runs in a game and 1-4 in games where they allow more than three
- Labette has only played one other division one team this year, that being #20 ranked Hutchinson who swept the Cardinals 0-7 and 0-9.
- Butler is 19-2 against Labette since 2005 and 5-1 at Labette since 2012
- Butler has won five straight against Labette, dating back to April 16th, 2019
- Butler is a perfect 14-0 against Labette when they score 5+ runs on the Cardinals in the game
- After losing four straight games, the Grizzlies have responded and have won three straight
- These two games will be the first of a four-game series this year. The next two will be played in El Dorado on March 21st
Wednesday Game Information
Pratt vs #17 Butler
Wednesday, March 1st | 1 and 3 PM
Watch Live: https://butlergrizzlies.com/WatchLive/index
Live Stats: https://tinyurl.com/yj25hmur
Massey Ratings Score Prediction (both games): Pratt 0, Butler 9
Other Massey Ratings game insights (both games):
Chance to win %: Butler 97%, Pratt 3% | Betting line: Butler -9.5 | Runs O/U: 14.5
Pratt Notes:
- Butler Softball will have their home opening slate of games on Wednesday against the Pratt Beavers
- Pratt is just 1-7 this year so far, with the lone win being a 5-4 victory over McCook
- Pratt has been outscored 13-102 in their games this year and were outscored 0-21 by Colby in their conference opener
- Butler is a near perfect 34-2 against Pratt since 2005 and are 14-0 at home against the Beavers since 2012
- Butler has won 35 straight games against Pratt and have run-ruled Pratt in 21 of the last 22 games between the teams
- Butler has not allowed more than five runs to Pratt in a single game since April 14th, 2019, where Butler won 17-8
- The Grizzly pitching staff has shut out the Beavers in five of the last seven matchups
- Over last year's four meetings with Pratt, Butler outscored the Beavers 57-2
- These two games will be the first of a four-game series this year. The next two will be played in Pratt on April 1st
Saturday Game Information
#17 Butler vs #20 Hutchinson
Saturday, March 4th | 1 and 3 PM
Massey Ratings Score Prediction (both games): Butler 6, Hutch 4
Other Massey Ratings game insights (both games):
Chance to win %: Butler 62%, Hutch 38% | Betting line: Butler -1.5 | Runs O/U: 11.5
Hutch Notes
- The 17th ranked Butler Softball team will take the short trip to Fun Valley in Hutchinson to take on the rival 20th ranked Blue Dragons
- The Blue Dragons are 10-3 on the year and as of Tuesday, they have yet to play a game in conference action this year
- The Blue Dragons are 2-2 against ranked opponents this year
- Butler is 2-0 at home this year and is 41-3 at home since 2021 with the only three losses being to Butler
- Butler is 28-4 vs Hutch since 2004 and are 7-1 at Hutch since 2012
- Butler has won seven of the last nine meetings
- Last season, Hutch became the first team in the Jayhawk Conference to beat the Grizzlies since Barton did it in 2019
- In their four meetings last year, the teams split the games 2-2 with Hutch winning the first and third games and Butler winning the second and fourth
- In the fourth meeting between the teams, the Grizzlies overcame a 7-11 deficit in the sixth inning behind a four-run top of the sixth to tie the game at 11 and a go-ahead homer from Madi Young in the top of the seventh to ultimately win the game
- In game two of the series, Butler's Allyson Montgomery pitched a one hit shutout complete game in the Grizzlies 8-0 run rule victory
- These games will be the sixth and seventh games the Grizzlies have played against ranked opponents this year
- These two games will be the first of a four-game series this year. The next two will be played in El Dorado on April 5th
Sunday Game Information
#19 Crowder vs #17 Butler
Sunday, March 5th | 1 and 3 PM
Watch Live: https://butlergrizzlies.com/WatchLive/index
Live Stats: https://tinyurl.com/yc7be46j
Massey Ratings Score Prediction (both games): Crowder 5, Butler 6
Other Massey Ratings game insights (both games):
Chance to win %: Crowder 47%, Butler 53% | Betting line: Butler -0.5 | Runs O/U: 12.5
Crowder Notes
- In their final action of the week, the 17th ranked Butler Grizzlies will have another ranked clash; this time with the 19th ranked Roughriders of Crowder College
- Crowder is 11-3 on the year and 4-1 on the road with the lone loss being to Rose State
- Crowder is 0-3 this year when they allow 8+ runs this year and a perfect 11-0 when they don't
- Prior to their loss to Rose State, the Roughriders had won seven straight games with three being in run rule fashion
- These games will be the eighth and ninth games the Grizzlies have played against ranked opponents this year
- Butler and Crowder have not played since the 2014 season where the Grizzlies dropped both games at home to the Roughriders 1-3 and 4-14
- Butler is 1-3 against Crowder since 2012
- These two games will be the first of a four-game series this year. The next two will be played in Neosho, Missouri on March 13th
Looking ahead
The Grizzlies will play two pairs of games the following week, both at home. They host the Mavericks of Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa on Wednesday, March 8th and then will play host to conference opponent Colby on Saturday, March 11th.
