HTML STATS (G-1) | PDF STATS (G-1) | HTML STATS (G-2) | PDF STATS (G-2) MOREHEAD, Ky. – Butler scored 23 runs over two games to sweep a non-conference doubleheader from the Morehead State softball team on Wednesday at University Field. The Bulldogs had 15 hits in an 11-6 game-one win, before scoring seven runs in the last two frames to claim the nightcap 12-8.
In the opener, the Bulldogs (16-21) held off a late MSU (7-25-1) rally that saw the Eagles score all six runs in the last four innings.
MSU used a seven-run fifth inning, highlighted by a grand slam by senior catcher McKenna Bartko, to take an 8-5 lead in the second game. Butler had nine of its 15 hits in the last two innings, however, to help aid the comeback.
Sophomore right fielder Tressa Watson led the way for the Eagles at the plate, going 6-for-9, including three doubles and a two-run home run in the opener.
In game one, junior third baseman Katie Raile (2-for-4, 2 RBI) was the only other MSU player with multiple hits. Sophomore designated player Dana Hutchins and senior shortstop Samantha Howard both finished with two hits in the nightcap.
Brandyce Sallee went 3-for-4 with four RBI, including a three-run home run, to lead the Bulldogs in the opener, while Alex Kotter and Kristen Boros had three RBI apiece in game two.
In game one, Kristin Gutierrez (11-8) allowed six runs on 10 hits with six strikeouts in the win. Junior pitcher Tanna Seuferer (3-11) allowed seven runs, six earned, on 11 hits in 5.1 innings. Freshman pitcher Megan Tymorek allowed four runs on four hits in 1.2 innings of relief.
Senior pitcher Greta Smeins (0-1) took the loss in relief in the nightcap, as she allowed two runs on three hits without recording an out. Senior pitcher Kelcey McMurray started and allowed eight runs on eight hits in 5.2 innings. Tymorek finished the game by surrendering two runs on four hits in 1.1 innings.
Boros (1-0) picked up the win, allowing just one hit in three innings of relief in her first pitching assigment of the 2014 season.
The Eagles are back in action on Saturday, when they travel to Jacksonville State for an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.
