MIAMI – The Butler softball team fell to 1-9 on the season with losses to Pitt and No. 23 Missouri in the FIU Invitational. Teagan O'Rilley led the Bulldogs offense with three hits on the day along with one RBI.
 
Game 3: Pitt- 9, Butler- 1 (5 innings)
In the top of the third, Cate Lehner tripled and was knocked across by a Kaylee Gross bunt, giving Butler a 1-0 lead.

Pitt answered in the bottom of the third putting five runs across and then adding four more in the fourth.
 
Kayla Noerr (0-1) started for Butler and took the loss. In 2.0 innings, she gave up 5 earned runs on four hits and seven walks with one strikeout. Rylyn Dyer (2.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 H, K) provided relief for the third and fourth innings.
 
Game 4: No. 23 Missouri- 5, Butler- 1 (7 innings)
Butler took an early lead over the Tigers when a Teagan O'Rilley (2-3, RBI) single in the top of the first knocked Cate Lehner across the plate.
 
The Bulldogs held the lead until Missouri hit four singles in the bottom of the second, scoring three. The 3-1 score remained until the bottom of the fifth when the Tigers plated two more.
 
Butler loaded the bases in the top of the seventh with two outs but was unable to extend the game.
 
Mackenzie Griman (0-5) pitched a complete game against the Tigers and took the loss. In 6.0 innings of work, she allowed five runs (three earned) on nine hits and two walks while striking out two.
 
Bulldog Bits

• Cate Lehner's triple vs. Pitt was the first of her career.
• Teagan O'Rilley notched her first multi-hit game of the season vs. Missouri and her third RBI.
• O'Rilley has a hit in all four games at the FIU Invite.
• Mackenzie Griman pitched her second complete game of the season, lasting all six innings against Missouri. She also threw a full eight innings against Portland State.

Up Next
Butler plays one more game in Miami on Sunday, Feb. 19. The Bulldogs will have a rematch with FIU at 12:30 p.m. before returning to Indianapolis.