NEWBERG, Ore. – A two-out grand slam home run by Felicia Chavez in the bottom of the 6th inning capped a six-run rally that powered the George Fox University Bruins past the visiting Lewis & Clark College Pioneers 6-2 in the first makeup game of a four-game Northwest Conference softball series Wednesday afternoon here at Morse Field.

The Bruins (10-2, NWC 4-2) and Pioneers (5-7, NWC 2-5) were originally scheduled for doubleheaders here on Mar. 8-9 but lost all four to foul weather.  Two more of the makeup games have been set for Mar. 27, but a date for the fourth and final game is still to be determined.

Lewis & Clark jumped on top with an unearned run in the 1st on singles by Tiana Rosario and Hannah Dal Pra, a passed ball, and a throwing error on an attempted play at third.  Dal Pra made it 2-0 in the 4th with a solo home run, her second of the season, leading off the frame.

Madison Hollenbeck (4-4) made that lead stand up for the Pios through five innings, scattering four hits until the 6th.  Kayla Anderson reached on a throwing error at second to lead off the last of the 6th, and the Bruins made the visitors pay for the costly mistake.  Amanda Woods doubled, Courtney Howard walked to load the bases, and Baylee Westrick singled in Anderson.  After a force out at home, Becca Olson singled in Howard with the tying run.  Another force at home left it up to Chavez, who promptly unloaded the sacks with her first round-tripper of the season.

Erin Hento (5-1), who went the distance for the Bruins, then set the Pios down in order in the 7th.  She allowed five hits in the route-going effort, fanning five and walking only one.  Rosario and Dal Pra each had two hits for the Pios, while Woods and Chavez, who also had a double, collected two hits apiece for the Bruins.

NEXT: George Fox hosts Willamette University Saturday in a conference doubleheader at 12:00 noon … Lewis & Clark welcomes in Pacific Lutheran University Saturday for an NWC twinbill, also at noon.