ELK GROVE, Calif. – Senior pitcher Hope Jenkins hit back-to-back two-run home runs at the plate while retiring 18 straight batters en route to a two-hit shutout, as St. Francis blanked Franklin, 7-0, in Delta League softball action Thursday afternoon.

The Troubadours improve to 11-1 overall and remain unbeaten at 3-0 in league play.

Hope Jenkins homered in each of the first and third innings, both times scoring her twin sister Grace Jenkins in crafting an early 5-0 lead. Alex Garcia also went 3-for-4 at the plate, while Grace Jenkins went 2-for-4. Hope Jenkins walked in each of her final two plate appearances.

Meanwhile, Hope Jenkins allowed only singles in the first and seventh in her shutout victory. She struck out nine Wildcat batters with no walks issued.

In the junior varsity half of the doubleheader, second baseman Taylor Lewis hit 2-for-3 with a double and Natalie Vigil swiped two bases and scored two runs, but St. Francis could not overcome a 4-1 deficit in a 5-4 loss to the Wildcats.

Vigil led off a two-run Troubie fourth that closed the gap to 4-3, but Jasmine Clee tripled and scored injured the bottom half of the inning to pad the Franklin lead to two. St. Francis tacked on a run in the fifth thanks to Vigil's stolen bases, but stranded two other runners. They went down in order in the sixth and seventh.

St. Francis JV now moves to 9-2 for the year.

St. Francis returns home for a Tuesday home game against Delta League perennial power Sheldon. Game times are 4 p.m. on each diamond.