TACOMA, Wash. – The Pacific Lutheran University softball busted out the bats on Saturday, scoring 27 runs against Willamette University in three games against the Bearcats.  The Lutes won 8-0 in Game 1 before coming up short 10-5 in Game 2.  PLU saved its best for last though in Game 3 with a 14-2 victory. 
 
Game 1
It was all Lutes in the morning hours on Saturday.  After Mari Foster reached on error to start the home half of the first inning, Cailey Collado blasted a two-run homer to left field.  Later in the inning, catcher Casey Wright connected on a two-run single to right and Anna Foster doubled to left to make it 6-0 after the first inning. 
 
With senior Kennedy Robillard on the mound that was more than enough run support. Robillard improved to 3-0 on the season, tossing a complete game, three-hit shutout.  She produced six strikeouts and didn't walk a batter in five innings, while needing just 84 pitches. 
 
Chaella Galapon got into the mix in the third inning, blasting a home run to left to put the finishing touches on the win. 
 
Game 2
Trailing 1-0, the Bearcats scored nine of their 10 runs in the fourth inning to take control of the middle game.  The Lutes took an early lead when Collado single to right in the third to score Mari Foster, but it was not to be. 
 
Lute starter Z Ellis was touched up for seven hits and four runs in 3.1 innings pitched, and Marley Dyer gave up three runs and failed to record an out in relief.  Robillard ended up getting the final 11 outs, with four coming via the strikeout. 
 
PLU made a late rally in the bottom of the seventh, scoring three runs off of Game 1 starter and Game 2 winner Shaye Mott, but they had dug themselves to deep a hole. 
 
Erin McGrath singled up the middle to score Mari Foster, while Anna Foster singled in McGrath and Mikayla Chun hit a sacrifice fly to score Kayla Terlecki before the rally was cut short.
 
Mari Foster and McGrath both had three hits in Game 2, while Anna Foster and Collado each had a pair. 
 
Game 3
It was another offensive explosion in the final game of the day, with the Lutes scoring four runs in the first and second innings and six in the third.  Mari Foster, Anna Foster, and Casey Wright all went deep, with Wright's being a grand slam in the third inning. She finished the game with six RBI.
 
Mari Foster, Collado, McGrath and Anna Foster all had two hits, with Anna Foster also collecting a pair of RBI. 
 
Freshman Molly House earned her first career victory in the circle, tossing a complete game and allowing just one earned run in the fifth inning.  She struck out five and allowed five hits, while needing just 82 pitches. 
 
The Lutes and the Bearcats will meet one more time tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m.