MIAMI – The Butler softball team dropped its fourth and fifth-straight games, losing to No. 23 Missouri and then, after a rain delay, giving up a lead to fall to Florida International. The Bulldogs are 1-7 on the season and are scheduled for three more games this weekend before returning from South Florida.
Game 1: No. 23 Missouri- 15, Butler- 0 (5 innings)
No. 23 Missouri's offense was dominant from the start as the Tigers put 11 runs on the board in the first two innings.
Neither team put a batter on base in the third, but Missouri added four more in the top of the fourth. In the bottom of the fourth,
Kaylee Gross notched Butler's first hit, an infield single. Two batters later,
Teagan O'Rilley added a second single, but the Bulldogs were unable to put one across the plate.
Neither team scored in the fifth.
Sydney Cammon (0-1) started for the Bulldogs and took the loss. She allowed eight runs – all earned – on six hits and two walks, while striking out two.
Rylyn Dyer (2.2 IP, 7 R, 7 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, K) entered in the middle of the second inning, and
Kayla Noerr (1 IP, H, BB) took care of the fifth.
Game 2: Florida International- 7, Butler- 3 (7 innings)
After three full innings that included two rain delays, FIU held a 1-0 lead after scoring on an infield ground-out in the bottom of the third.
In the fourth,
Sydney Carter (2-3, 2 RBI, 2B) doubled with the bases loaded and gave Butler a 2-1 lead. That score held until the top of the sixth, when
Monique Hoosen (2-2, HR, 2 R) hit a solo home run to give the Bulldogs a two-run cushion.
In the bottom of the sixth, FIU scored three to take a 4-3 lead on a bases-loaded single followed by a throwing error. The Panthers added three more before the inning was over on a single, a double, and another error.
Butler put two on base with two singles in the seventh but was unable to rally to extend the game.
Mackenzie Griman (0-4) lasted 5.1 innings for the Bulldogs and took the loss. She allowed six runs (five earned) on nine hits and three walks.
Sydney Cammon (0.2 IP, 1 R, 1 H) provided relief in the middle of the sixth inning.
Bulldog Bits
- Monique Hoosen's home run vs. FIU was her second of the season and the 145h of her career. She is now tied for eighth on Butler's all-time list for career home runs.
- Hoosen now has multiple hits in three games this season.
- Sydney Carter's double vs. FIU was her first of the season and the third of her career.
- Against FIU, Carter notched two hits in a single game for the first time in her career.
Up Next
Butler plays Pitt and a team to be determined on day two of FIU's Panther Invitational in Miami. First pitch on Saturday, Feb. 18, vs. the Panthers will be at 10 a.m. The Bulldogs will then play at either 3 p.m. or 5:30 p.m.
