The Butler BlueSox hosted a day-night doubleheader on little sleep Wednesday.

They also didn't have a whole lot of luck in dropping 6-5 and 1-0 decisions to Richmond (Ind.) in Prospect League baseball.

Because of a 90-minute rain delay Tuesday night in Beckley, W.Va., the BlueSox didn't board their bus to come home until midnight. The bus arrived at Pullman Park at 5 a.m.

Only a few hours later, the team hosted the River Rats for a 2:05 p.m. game.

"I like the effort we put out there today. I just don't like the way either game ended," BlueSox manager Jason Wuerfel said. "We've been losing a lot of heartbreakers this season.

"The way this year's been going for us, some teams would have given it up a while ago. Not these guys. They gave everything they had on very little sleep for 15 innings today," he added.

The visiting River Rats scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning of Game 1. Both games were scheduled for seven innings.

The BlueSox (1-5 in the second half) were set up to tie the game again in their half of the inning, when Tyler Sciacca delivered a two-out single with Adam Jury on second, but Jury was gunned down at the plate by Richmond left fielder Andrew Murrical to end the game.

Butler graduate Ryan Geibel was the BlueSox's hitting star, producing a rare three-run single.

"It was a first-pitch fastball, and that's what I was looking for because I haven't swung the bat much," Geibel admitted.

Coming off a stellar freshman season as the everyday catcher at Penn State-Behrend this spring, Geibel entered the twinbill with two hits in 17 at-bats for the BlueSox. Wednesday marked only the seventh game he's played.

"Ryan came up with a clutch hit with the bases loaded," Wuerfel said. "The first two guys scored easily. When they were slow in getting the ball back into the infield, I sent the third guy in."

The three RBI were Geibel's first of the season. He is the BlueSox's third-string catcher behind All-Big East players Kevan Smith (Pitt) and John Sulzicki (Connecticut).

Geibel went 1-for-3 in Game 1 and is hitting .150 for the season.

"It's OK because this experience is making me a better player," he said.

Neither team was on the field for very long in Game 2. The River Rats' 1-0 victory lasted all of 78 minutes.

Wes Rehmert, a relief pitcher making his first start of the season, tossed a two-hit shutout for Richmond on only 81 pitches.

Butler pitcher Kurt Roeder scattered seven hits and threw only 79 pitches in a complete-game effort.

Cameron Squires had both Butler hits — a single and bloop double — from the ninth spot in the order.

The game's only run came in the top of the seventh, when Ryan Skellie's one-out deep fly ball to left was misplayed by Squires for a double and Murrical's ground ball was booted by Sulzicki at first base to put runners at the corners.

The Rats' Tyler Schroeder then laid down a suicide squeeze bunt single to bring the run home.

Richmond is off to a 5-2 start in the second half after a 15-15 first half.

"It seemed like we didn't get many breaks to fall our way in the first half," said Richmond manager Tyler Lairson. "A lot of things fell our way today."

Game 2Richmond 000 000 1 — 1 7 1Butler BlueSox 000 000 0 — 0 2 1W: Wes Rehmert 7 IP (4K, 3BB).

L: Kurt Roeder 7 IP (4K, 0BB).

Richmond (20-17, 5-2): Zach Bott 1B, Tim Rupp 1B, Kevin Plawecki 2-1B, Casey Jones 1B, Ryan Skellie 2B, Tyler Schroeder 1B RBI

Butler (14-19, 1-5): Cameron Squires 1B 2B