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Butler dropped contests to St. Joseph's and North Florida Saturday in Clearwater, Fla. The Bulldogs, who have been on the road since March 9, have one game remaining Sunday on their Spring Break road trip.
In the final game of the day for the Bulldogs, North Florida pushed across a single run in the bottom of the eighth inning to take a 1-0 win over Butler. The run was unearned.
Alyssa Graves went the distance in the circle, allowing only three hits and four walks in 7.1 innings of work. She struck out five. The run allowed by Graves in the eighth inning began with a runner being placed on second, which is the extra-inning procedure for the event in Florida.
Jenna Foreman,
Alyssa Lach and
Sammy Andersen had hits for the Bulldogs in the contest. Foreman added a stolen base.
In Butler's first game Saturday at the Michele Smith Pediatric Cancer Invitational, St. Joseph's was able to take a 7-4 win over the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs conclude their annual Spring Break trip Sunday morning with a 9 a.m. start against Lehigh. The teams met earlier this week with Butler taking a 5-4 win.
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