BUTLER TWP — Two softball teams with similar goals — building a consistent winner — clashed at Butler on Friday.

Previously winless Baldwin (1-16, 1-13) held off the Golden Tornado, 8-4, sending Butler (2-12, 2-11) to its sixth straight loss. Butler had no seniors in its lineup, Baldwin had one.

“We’re still moving players around, trying them at different positions,” Tornado coach C.J. Gattens said. “One thing we have to do is not wait until the sixth inning to get some confidence at the plate.”

Junior pitcher Anna Schumacher retired the first 10 Butler hitters she faced, seven of them via strikeout. The Highlanders built a 3-0 lead in the meantime as Jordan Gerendash led off the game with a home run to left. Kaylee Smolko added a run-scoring single in the frame and Avery Herrington had an RBI single in the third.

All four Butler runs were unearned. Alley Karenbauer doubled to center with one out and scored on a two-out infield error. The Highlanders dropped two fly balls and Kelsey Ogin delivered a two-run single in the sixth as Butler scored three times to cut the gap to 6-4.

“That’s been our story,” first-year Baldwin coach Ron Santillo said of the fielding miscues. “We’be been close in a few games, just haven’t been able to get over the hump.