CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Butler softball team lost its final game of the Saluki Invite to Southern Illinois, the host school, by the final score of 8-0. The Salukis (14-2) held the Bulldogs (4-17) to only one hit on the day.

Game 5: Southern Illinois- 8, Butler- 0 (6 innings)

SIU scored four in the third inning and forced a Butler pitching change.

The Salukis tacked on one run in the fourth, and two more in the fifth, to extend the lead to 7-0.

In the bottom of the sixth, an SIU single followed by an RBI-triple ended the game at 8-0.

Rylyn Dyer (1-5) started for Butler and took the loss. In 2.1 innings, she allowed four earned runs on six hits and a walk. Sydney Cammon (3.0 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 2 K) provided relief in the third inning and finished the game.

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Butler heads to Oxford, Ohio, to play Miami on Wednesday, Mar. 8, at 5 p.m. The Bulldogs will then open BIG EAST play by hosting a series with DePaul from Mar. 10 – Mar. 12.