EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – Senior left fielder Marissa Jensen hit 3-for-3 with two doubles and two runs batted in while second baseman Isabella Barge's bases-loaded single highlighted a four-run comeback in the fifth inning, leading St. Francis to a 7-5 victory at Oak Ridge in Sierra Foothill League girls' fastpitch action Wednesday.

Both teams now have matching 6-7 season records. The Troubadours even their SFL mark to 3-3 while the Trojans slip to 1-5 in league play.

Jensen smacked an RBI double in the first and a two-run double in the third, then drew an intentional walk to load the bases in that pivotal fifth. She added a third hit on an opposite-field liner to left in the seventh but was ultimately thrown out on a stealing attempt. Third baseman Jocelyn Villaflor and pitcher Kaili Heeb also had hits, both in the fifth-frame rally.

St. Francis got on the board immediately when senior Alexis McFarland reached on an error, stole second, then easily scored on Jensen's barrel to the left-center gap. However, Oak Ridge bounced back in the bottom half of that first stanza. Five hits, including doubles off the bats of center fielder Emery Glaser and shortstop Gemma Almont, conspired for four Trojan runs and a 4-1 hole for the Troubadours.

Still Jensen's second double brought SF right back in the hunt in the third. Chloe Hoertsch was hit by the second pitch of the inning, then McFarland reached on yet another error. Elizabeth Bettar bunted McFarland and courtesy runner Lillyana Perkins into scoring position for Jensen, who barreled Kennedi Freeland's 1-1 offering to center.

Meanwhile, Heeb settled down after the first-inning fireworks. She effectively pitched five outs in the second (with two SF errors extending the action) then went 1-2-3 with a pair of strikeouts in the third. Heeb yielded a double by ORHS catcher Brooklyn Paratore in the fourth, but surrounded the hit by coaxing soft contact: a lazy fly ball to Julie Nielsen in right along with two pop fouls to catcher Chloe Hoertsch.

Oddly, it was soft contact that worked in the Troubies' favor in their big fifth. Hoertsch reached on a mishandled dribbler to lead off, McFarland walked, then Bettar laid down a textbook bunt for her second sacrifice. With two runners in scoring position, the Trojans took no chances with the Cal State San Marcos commit Jensen, giving her a free pass to load the bases. Villaflor bounced back from an 0-2 count to poke a blooper that fell into short left, scoring the courtesy runner Perkins for the 4-4 equalizer.

With the infield drawn in with the bases loaded and only one out, Barge's grounder to the left side easily made its way to the outfield to score McFarland and Jensen for the go-ahead runs. Villaflor was gunned down at third but drawing the throw allowed Barge to advance to second. This put the future Yale Bulldog in scoring position for Heeb, who helped her cause with an RBI single to left. St. Francis now led, 7-4, through five after Heeb worked her way through another scoreless inning.

Oak Ridge got a run back when Freeland launched a long bomb to left-center for a solo homer, cutting the Troubie lead to 7-5. Still, Heeb avoided the rest of the heart of the Trojan order, with Jensen chasing down a foul ball against the fence to end the inning. ORHS also threatened in its seventh on Berkeley Lampe's leadoff double, but Heeb retired the 6-7-8 part of the lineup without another run to close out her complete-game win.

Jensen's 3-for-3 day raises her season batting average to a team-leading .396 and her OPS above .900 to .907. The three RBIs also brings her total to an SF-best 14, with Barge right behind with 12. Heeb tied her season high of five strikeouts in her seven innings of work in the circle.

With its March 27 game against Davis postponed to April 13, St. Francis takes a pause from its tough SFL schedule. The Troubies travel to Inderkum on Wednesday, then take part in the NorCal Leadoff Classic on April 10 and 11.