TAMPA - <![endif]--> Freshman pitcher Sam Greiner's streak of consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run ended at eight, but USF's winning streak remained intact.

The 18th-ranked Bulls (35-5 overall, 8-0 Big East) continued their winning ways, muscling past St. John's 9-1 in the second game of Friday's doubleheader to win their 15th straight contest.

The Bulls plated eight runs in the sixth inning on eight hits and three walks, using a good eye at the plate and back-to-back doubles to pull away from the Red Storm (14-24, 2-5) in what had previously been a close game.

“Sometimes you're going to go through the lineup once before you make the adjustments you need to make,” senior third baseman Jessica Mouse said of the Bulls' big inning. “We stayed with our approaches tonight, and that's what allowed us to string together some hits in that sixth inning.”

Greiner started and gave up just one run in the second inning, then shutting down the Red Storm through the remainder of her four-inning outing. Greiner allowed just three hits, and left in a 1-1 tie game, yielding to sophomore Sara Nevins in the fifth. Nevins struck out five in two innings of relief, picking up the win.

Trailing 1-0 in the third, senior third baseman Jessica Mouse lifted a homer past the high wall in left to tie things up early.

That score would stand until the sixth, when the Bulls' bats broke free. Loading the bases with no outs, USF scored what ended up being the deciding run as Ashli Goff dove across home plate on a wild pitch to Kourtney Salvarola. One batter later, Janine Richardson ripped a double to the base of the wall in dead-center, clearing the bases.

 Richardson came around to score as Mouse came just inches away from her second home run of the day, powering a drive off the top of the wall in the left-center field power alley and winding up on second with a double. Pinch hitting, Stormi Grzybek, Alexis Nowell and Sydney Dinelli punched out back-to-back-to-back singles, and freshman outfielder Allie Patierno collected her first career hit as USF walked off with the mercy-rule win.

USF brought 12 batters to the plate in the sixth inning, and was 4-4 with two walks in pinch-hitting opportunities.  The Bulls used 18 players, and had nine different batters tally a hit in the win.

“It was great to see that, having Stormi come through and Sydney and Alexis, and then to see Allie end the game with her first collegiate hit, it was good for them,” Head Coach Ken Eriksen said. “They work so hard, and for them to see success at the plate goes a long way.”