Grizzlies Drop a Pair in Hutchinson

Butler Baseball traveled to Hutchinson on Saturday to take on the conference rival Blue Dragons and fell 9-5 by walk-off grand slam in game one and fell 10-6 in game two.

Game One

The Grizzlies dropped game one of the day, the third game of the series with Hutch in heartbreaking fashion as they held a two run lead going into the final inning but could not fend off the Blue Dragon walk-off victory.

Hutch took an early lead in game one putting up two runs in the first inning. Innings two, three, and four were scoreless but the Grizzlies broke away in the fifth as Brock Lummus scored on a Blue Dragon error and a sacrifice fly by Hayden Dyer scored Anibal Rivera, tying things up. A Justin Hudson double drove in Josh Holmes to give the Grizzlies the lead. Butler then added two more runs in the top of the sixth as Rivera drove in Brock Toothaker and Dyer scored Lummus. Hutch rallied back scoring one run in the bottom of the fifth, but Butler maintained the lead heading into the final inning. The Blue Dragons tied things up in the bottom of the seventh before claiming the win on a walk-off grand slam that ended the game 9-5.

Game Two

Hayden Dyer kicked things off early in game one with a solo homer to left field to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Hutch then put up a run in the bottom of the first, two more in the bottom of the second and one in the third holding a 4-1 lead going into the fourth inning of the nine-inning game. The Grizzlies put up one run in the top of the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Brock Toothaker that scored Alan Benhardt. The best inning for the Grizzlies was the seventh as they put up three runs. Garrett Fager doubled scoring Cole Murrell. Breon Horne put up a single that brought in Fager, and Justin Hudson double scoring Horne. The final run for the Grizzlies would come in the top of the eighth as an Anibal Rivera double drove in Fager. Dispite the comeback effort, the Grizzlies dropped the final game 10-6 ending the series with Hutchinson 1-3.

Butler Baseball's record moves to 19-13 overall and 6-6 in conference. The next action for the Grizzlies will be on Tuesday as they travel to Neosho for a mid-week game with the Panthers.