FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Jarrod Wehri liked the home cookin' so much he helped himself to seconds in a 6-2 University of Saint Francis win over Marian College on Thursday afternoon.

  Wehri cracked a first-inning, two-run home run in USF's first home game of the season, then hammered his second homer of the game and season, another two-run drive. That was more than enough offensive support for right-hander Marc Gillig, who only yielded six hits to the Knights.

  "I knew the first one was gone and I felt pretty sure about the second," a smiling Wehri said about his home runs.

  "Jarrod did a nice job of putting the fat of the bat on the ball and Marc pitched with a lot of confidence with the lead," USF coach Greg Roberts said. "Marc moved the ball in, out, and seemed to have good command of all his pitches."

  Gillig also got some big defensive plays, most notably from left-fielder Jake Trahin in the first inning, center-fielder Travis Potchka, right-fielder Nate Long and third-baseman Berto Nunez.

  Jon Saporsantos singled in the Cougars' fifth run in the fourth inning and Trahin scored when Potchka got to first safely on an error by the Marian shortstop.

  The heavy, grey skies started spittin' rain early in Game 2 and Marian rallied to take a 7-4 lead before the steady, cold rain whipped by a bone-chilling 20 mph wind out the east turned the field into the consistency of a Wendy's frosty in the fifth inning when umpires halted play.

  Game 2 must be completed Friday or it will wiped off the books. Five complete innings, if the home team is behind, is required for a game to be considered complete.

  The Cougars' next scheduled action is Saturday at Huntington University starting at 1 p.m.

Game 1 box

-- Go USF --