BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Butler softball team traveled south to face the Indiana Hoosiers and came away with a 9-0 loss in a midweek non-conference contest. The Hoosiers (28-10, 7-5 Big Ten) ended the game in six innings with a three-run walk-off home run. The Bulldogs (17-13, 9-3 BIG EAST) were led at the plate by Alona Boydston who produced a pair of singles.
Indiana had a solo home run in the second inning and then used a double, three singles, and an error to score four more in the third. The 5-0 lead held through five complete.
In the sixth, IU plated three to end the game. Three batters after a run-scoring single, Avery Parker hit a three-run home run that pushed the final margin to nine.
Rylyn Dyer (1.0-IP, H, 3BB) started in the circle for Butler and pitched through the first inning. Maren Berger (1-4) entered at the top of the second and took the loss. In 2.0 innings, she allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits, and she had one strikeout. Alyx Johnson, who allowed just one hit in 2.0 innings, and Kate Murray (0.1-IP, 4R, 4H) finished the game for the Bulldogs.
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Butler returns to Indianapolis to host UConn for a three-game BIG EAST series from Friday-Sunday, April 10-12.
