ROCKLIN, Calif. – Senior third baseman Kylee Garrett rapped an RBI double in the second inning to give the Troubadours an initial lead, but St. Francis surrendered five unanswered in the late innings to fall by a 5-1 final to Whitney in Sierra Foothill League softball action Wednesday afternoon.

The Troubies suffer their fifth straight loss, slipping to 1-7 overall and 0-2 in SFL play. The Wildcats improve to 7-4 for the year and even their league record to 2-2.

Garrett plated Isabella Barge, who reached on an infield single one batter earlier. They accounted for two of six SF hits, with the remainder comprising Marissa Jensen in the fourth, Jaeya Leavitt in the fifth, Alexis McFarland to lead off the sixth and Kaili Heeb in the seventh.

Meanwhile, Troubie starter Kinsley Imm kept the Wildcats off the board for the first three innings before surrendering a run on a Brooklyn Steele single early in the fourth. Imm avoided any further damage, thanks to a force out at third and a dropped third strike turned putout at first. However, the fifth brought the ever-important third time through the order for host Whitney, which rallied for three straight hits and a sacrifice fly for two more runs.

The Wildcats manufactured a fourth run on a walk, a sacrifice and a ground out to start the sixth, then pushed across a fifth on a Troubadour error.

Junior Paige Tamblyn went the distance for Whitney, scattering the six hits with eight strikeouts against just one walk in the circle. Steele, third baseman Tylie Kitchen, shortstop Alyssa Flindt and right fielder Bri Seffens each earned two hits in support of Tamblyn on offense.

St. Francis continues SFL road action at Del Oro on Friday. First pitch is 4:30 p.m.