Brittany Taylor's three fence-clearing homers were not enough Monday as Livonia Franklin suffered its first girls softball loss of the season to visiting Plymouth, 9-5.

It was the Western Division opener for both teams in the Western Lakes Activities Association.

Taylor, a junior catcher, went 4-for-4 including a single and three RBI.

The Patriots (3-1), who stranded 13 base runners, got two hits apiece from Alecia and Ashley Geraghty, Briauna Taylor and Nicole Emery (including an RBI).

Plymouth (2-0) scored seven times in the second inning to hand Franklin starter Natalie Sanborn (3-1) her first loss.

In three innings, Sanborn allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits and one walk. Reliever Alecia Geraghty allowed one earned run on three hits and a walk over the final four innings.

Winning pitcher Megan Patterson allowed 15 hits, walked two and struck out four over seven innings.

Stacey Klonowski paced the Wildcats' offense with three hits, including a homer, and four RBI.

Each team committed two errors.