WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Butler softball team lost a non-conference game at Purdue on Tuesday in five innings. The Bulldogs (15-28) scored in the first inning to take a brief lead, but the Boilermakers (20-24) responded with unanswered runs in the bottom of the first, the second, and the fourth to produce a 9-1 victory.
How It Happened
Butler grabbed an early, 1-0, lead in the top of the first.
Ella White drew a walk and
Paige Dorsett doubled to center field, sending White across. Purdue responded with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning and held a 2-1 lead after one complete.
In the second, the Boilermakers added five runs on six hits and an error, and three fourth-inning singles pushed the Purdue lead to 9-1.
Sydney Cammon (4-7) started in the circle for Butler and took the loss. In 1.1 innings, she allowed seven runs on eight hits.
Rylyn Dyer (2.2 IP, 2 R, BB) entered in the second and finished the game.
Bulldog Bits
- Paige Dorsett's double was her eighth of the season and the tenth of her career. It was her second in as many games.
Up Next
Butler hosts Indiana State on Wednesday, Apr. 19, and will then take an eight-day break before a BIG EAST series with Georgetown the weekend of Apr. 28-30.
