The Misericordia University softball team dropped a pair of extra-innings games to Scranton, Sunday.
 
The Royals rallied for an 8-5 win in 10 innings in the opener and edged MU, 2-1, in eight innings in the nightcap.
 
Alexa McHugh and Nicole Elliot had two hits each in the opener.
 
McHugh, Elliott and Megan Murphy had hits for the Cougars in the nightcap
 
McHugh retired the first 18 batters she faced in the opener and took a perfect game into the seventh inning with a 3-0 lead.
 
Scranton had four straight hits to open the inning and tied score, 3-3.
 
The Royals went ahead in the top of the eighth, but MU rallied to stay alive.
 
Emma Griffin scored the tying run on a fielder's choice on an obstruction call on the Scranton catcher.
 
Scranton turned a double play to end the inning and then plated four runs in the top of the 10^th to win.
 
The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second in the nightcap.
 
MU tied it on McHugh's solo homer in the bottom of the fifth.
 
Scranton scored the winning run on a double-play grounder in the top of the eighth.
 
MU will host Delaware Valley, Monday at 3:00.