GOSHEN, Ind. — Sandra Rodriguez went a perfect 7-for-7 at the plate Tuesday and the Goshen College softball team split its first home doubleheader of the season, topping Bethel College 8-1 and losing 8-6 at the John Ingold Athletic Complex.

Goshen (8-15, 2-5 Crossroads League) scored in five of its six offensive innings in the opener, putting up a 4-run third inning and single runs in every other frame from the second through the sixth.

Rodriguez and Emily Cummings hit back-to-back home runs in the third, but Cummings proved not to need additional help in the circle, allowing 3 hits in a complete-game win. The damage Bethel managed was only in the first inning when two singles and an RBI groundout put the visitors up 1-0. The Pilots went 1 for their last 20 against Cummings.

Jessica Bachtell went 4-for-4 at the plate as well as stealing a base, although all four of her hits were singles. Cummings scored twice and drove in a pair with two hits, a double and a homer. Rodriguez led all players with 3 RBI and Katherine Boyer added a double.

The Pilots (5-13, 2-6) came back to win the nightcap with seven runs over their last four innings. Goshen took a 1-0 lead in the first on Bachtell's RBI single and retook the lead on a Boyer infield single in the second. Four hits sparked a 2-run inning in the third to take a 4-1 lead.

Bethel answered with its own 4-hit, 2-run inning in the top of the fourth before Karis Brewer left the building for her second home run in as many innings with one out in the fifth. Rodriguez's second home run of the day brought Goshen back within 6-5 in the bottom of the fifth before Bethel tacked on two insurance runs in the sixth.

The Maple Leafs brought the winning run to the plate with one out in the seventh following two walks and a Ri Koteles single. Cassandra Espinoza drove in pinch-runner Jaelyn Rufenacht with a sacrifice fly, but the run came at the cost of an out, and a popout one batter later sealed the series split.

The teams combined for 26 hits in the nightcap, with Rodriguez and Koteles registering 3 apiece to account for half of Goshen's 12. Brewer went 3-for-4 with 3 runs batted in to lead the Pilots, who had four players post multi-hit games. Aside from Brewer and Rodriguez, Bethel's Maribelle Castro was the only player on either side with an extra-base hit.

BC starter Brooke Stoltz threw 138 pitches in the complete-game win, striking out 10. Leah Herrman, Hannah Grimes and Rayna Moraga all pitched for Goshen.

The Maple Leafs will return to their complex a day earlier than planned as Goshen's games with Marian University have been moved up from Friday to Thursday due to the impending forecast. First pitch remains set for 3 p.m.