LORETTO, PA- Saint Francis honored the Military prior to Tuesday's doubleheader Pitt and earned a split with their in-state rival, rallying to win an 11-3 run-ruled second game after falling 6-4 in game one. 

1st Sergeant for Headquarters Company 2/104th General Support Aviation Battalion Gregory Chuhran threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to game one and both teams donned camouflage in their uniform as part of the Military Day festivities. 

GAME ONE

Christina Clark (Avon, Ohio/Avon High School) got the game one start and went the distance, allowing six runs on eight hits while striking out four against three walks. Sierra McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) led the offense with a pair of hits and two rbi while Mikayla Bower (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) supplied the power, with a solo shot to left. 

The teams traded solo home runs in the second inning, with Alexee Haynes going deep to left for Pitt and Bower answering with own drive over the left field wall. After Pitt took the lead in the fifth, the Red Flash answered with a three spot of their own in the bottom of the inning. Saint Francis took advantage of a pair of Panther errors to start the inning and took the lead on Sierra McKee's (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) two-run single. Jordy Frank followed with her own run-scoring single, giving Saint Francis a 4-2 lead. Pitt used the long ball to tie and eventually take the lead in the late innings. In the sixth, Alexis Solak and Alexee Haynes went back-to-back to tie the game, with Haynes' being her second of the game. After a one-two-three bottom of the sixth, Solak matched Haynes with her second homer of the game, a go-ahead, two-run shot in the top of the seventh. Saint Francis threatened in the bottom of the seventh, with a Frank double putting runners on second and third with two out, but a grounder to short ended the threat and the game. 

GAME ONE SCORING RECAP
T2| Haynes homered to left field, 1-0 Pitt
B2| Bower homered to left field, 1-1
T5| Myers hit by pitch...Batesole doubled to left field, Myers to third...Gray lines out to right, SAC, RBI, Myers scores, 2-1 Pitt
B5| Marion reached on a fielding error by 1b....Saban, M reached on a fielder's choice; MARION, H advanced to second on a throwing error by p....Norton, H singled to pitcher; Saban, M advanced to second; Marion, H advanced to third...McKee, S singled to center field, 2 RBI; Norton, H advanced to second; Saban, M scored, unearned; Marion, H scored, unearned...Frank singled down left field line, Norton scored, unearned...4-2 SFU
T6| Solak homered down the left field line...Haynes homered to left....4-4
T7| Gray walked...Levesque reached on fielder's choice, Gray out 3b to 2b...Solak homered to left...6-4 Pitt

GAME TWO
Mikayla Bower (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) got the ball for game two and earned the complete game win, throwing six innings of six-hit, three-run ball, walked two and struck out two. Hayley Norton (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) had the big blow of the game, slugging a grand slam over the right field wall as part of a six-run second inning. Cheyenne McKee (DuBois, Pa./DuBois) added a two-run homer of her own and Halle Marion (Middletown, Pa./Middletown) added a two-run single to pace a balanced offense. Bower did an excellent job limiting the Panther offense, escaping a pair of jams with two runners on. The defense also helped out Bower, highlighted by a perfect throw from Halle Marion (Middletown, Pa./Middletown) in right field to nab a runner at the plate. 

GAME TWO SCORING RECAP
T1| Levesque homered to left field...1-0 Pitt
B2| Frank doubled to right center....Bower reached on a fielding error by ss; Frank advanced to third....Troxell singled to first base; Bower advanced to second...Walker reached on a fielder's choice; Troxell advanced to second; Bower advanced to third; Frank out at home 2b to c...Marion singled up the middle, 2 RBI; Walker advanced to third; Troxell scored; Bower scored, unearned....C McKee walked...Marion to second...Norton Homered to right field...unearned; McKee scored, unearned; Marion scored, unearned; Walker scored, unearned...6-1 SFU
T3| Batesole singled up the middle....Gray walked; M. Batesole advanced to second...Levesque singled to right field, advanced to second on the throw; Gray advanced to third;  Batesole out at third rf to c....Frederick singled to center, Levesque scored, Grey scored...6-3 SFU
B3| Frank hit by pitch...Bower singled to center, Frank to third...Troxell singled up the middle, Bower to second, Frank scored...Walker flied out to right, Troxell to second, Bower to third...Marion walked...Saban walked, Bower scored...8-3 SFU
B5| Saban singled up the middle...C. McKee homered to left, Saban scored...10-3 SFU
B6| S. McKee hit by pitch...Frank hit by pitch, McKee to second...Bower walked, S.Mckee to third, Frank to second...Troxell reached on a fielder's choice, Bower to second, Frank to third, McKee out ss to c. Bezjak pinch hit for Walker, grounded into fielder's choice, Frank scored...11-3 SFU