In an extended three-game series on Tuesday, the Goshen baseball team took down the Trojans from Taylor University in all three games for the first time since 1964. Game one of the three game season series was won by the Maple Leafs on March 28 when the Leafs traveled to Upland, IN, where they defeated the Trojans 3-2. On Tuesday afternoon, they hosted the Trojans for a doubleheader. In game one, Goshen struck first in the second inning. Back-to-back doubles by Tanner Logan and Mitchell Wilson gave the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead. Later in that same inning, Bobby Garcia...

By William Troyer • April 4, 2019 • Sports

Sarge Yoder Field was on full display for the first time this season as the Maple Leaf baseball team took on the Pilots of Bethel College on Monday afternoon. A pitchers’ duel favored the Pilots as they captured their third conference win of the season by a score of 3-0. Sophomore Camm Nickell took the mound for the Maple Leafs for his fifth start of the year. The Middlebury native was in control early as he struck out four of the first six Pilots he faced including three consecutive hitters in the the second inning. However, the bats for Bethel...

By Nick Yutzy • March 21, 2019 • Sports

The Goshen baseball team received quality outings from four pitchers in their three games at Toccoa Falls College last Saturday. The triple header concluded a week-long trek across North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia where the team finished with a 5-5 record. Sophomore southpaw Baylee Young took the mound in the Leafs first matchup with the Screaming Eagles of Toccoa Falls. Despite giving up a run early in the first inning, Young shut down the TFC offense and dealt a full seven innings, fanning three. The fast start from Toccoa was answered right away from the Maple Leafs as junior Mitchell...

By Nick Yutzy • March 8, 2019 • Sports

Mother Nature cooperated momentarily for the Maple Leaf baseball team this past weekend as they traveled to Fairborn, Ohio to take on the Cardinals from Concordia University in a back-to-back doubleheader. Sophomore Camm Nickell took the mound in the opener for the Leafs, striking out four over three innings while giving up two earned runs. The Leafs’ bats got going early as junior shortstop Mitchell Wilson drove in the first run of the game with a double in the top of the first. The Cardinals responded quickly with three unearned runs off one error in the latter half of the...

By Nick Yutzy • February 21, 2019 • Sports

MISHAWAKA, Ind. — The Goshen College baseball team squared off with Crossroads League rival Bethel College last Thursday and came away victorious, sweeping the doubleheader by 3-1 and 8-5 margins at the Pilots’ Jenkins Stadium. Travis Grimm, a senior, started on the mound for the Maple Leafs in game one hurling a seven inning gem, allowing just two hits and one earned run. Goshen scored first in the first inning off a solo home run from Ben Longacre, a sophomore, to take a 1-0 lead after one inning. Pitching from both sides was strong in the middle innings as neither...

By Spencer Buttermore • April 12, 2018 • Sports

GOSHEN, Ind. — The Goshen College baseball team picked up a pair of victories on Good Friday against the Lancers of Grace College by 3-2 and 7-2 margins at Sarge Yoder Baseball Field. Starting on the mound in game on for the Maple Leafs (12-17, 4-7 Crossroads League) was sophomore Braedon Evans. Evans set the pace on the mound for the Leafs and did not allow a run through the first four innings. The Maple Leafs got on the board early by scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. Junior Clinton Stroble II and sophomore Colby Malson each...

By Spencer Buttermore • April 5, 2018 • Sports

FORT WAYNE, Ind — The Goshen College baseball team saw stellar pitching performances correlate with only one victory this past Friday and Monday as the Leafs dropped two out of three games against the University of Saint Francis at the newly renovated Ashe Center. Braedon Evans, a sophomore, took the ball for the Leafs in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader to virtually shut down the Cougars through the first six innings of play. Evans was nipped for one run in the third by way of a triple and a sacrifice fly. The Maple Leafs answered right back in the...

By Spencer Buttermore • March 29, 2018 • Sports

GOSHEN, Ind. — The Goshen College baseball team opened Crossroads League play this past Friday and Saturday with a lone win in a three-game home series versus the Cougars of Spring Arbor University at the John Ingold Athletic Complex. Game one began with the team’s right hander, Braedon Evans, a sophomore, on the mound. Evans cruised through the first four innings of play, allowing just one run. But in the top of the fifth, Spring Arbor (10-12, 3-1 CL) came alive to register five runs on five hits and two fielding errors by the Leafs. Goshen (9-12, 1-2 CL) would...

By Spencer Buttermore • March 22, 2018 • Sports

KOKOMO, Ind. – Ryan Hartig, a senior, slashed seven hits to propel the Goshen College baseball team to two victories in three tries over Cleary University this past Saturday and Sunday at Northwestern High School. Game one kicked off the weekend series with first pitch at 1 p.m. Goshen (7-9) jumped out in front early, taking a 1-0 lead on a single that scored courtesy runner Bobby Garcia, a first-year, with two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Cleary was able to take the lead right back an inning later with a double in the top of the...

By William Troyer • March 15, 2018 • Sports

The Goshen College baseball team hosted conference opponent Taylor University for an afternoon doubleheader on Tuesday, with the Leafs falling 13-2 and 6-5 to the Trojans The day’s opening contest saw Taylor jump out to a commanding lead as the Trojans scored 13 straight runs before Goshen was able to crack the scoreboard with a run in the sixth inning and a run in the seventh. By that point Taylor had put the game away with a five-run top of the sixth and went on to win 13-2. Colby Malson, a first-year, got the start in game one and went...

By Seth Wesman • April 13, 2017 • Sports

The Goshen College baseball team hosted Siena Heights University on Tuesday for an afternoon doubleheader, with the Leafs taking game one 9-3 but falling in the second game 7-1. Game one saw Goshen (17-16-1, 6-6 Crossroads League) storm out to an early lead with four runs in the bottom of the first inning, as Preston Carr, a senior, Vincent Caschera, a senior, Ryan Hartig, a junior, and Ben Longacre, a first-year, all scored in the early outburst. The Leafs added an insurance run in the second and again in the fourth. Siena (11-20) would be held off the scoreboard until...

By Seth Wesman • April 6, 2017 • Sports

The Goshen College baseball team fought a hard fight while hosting the Mastodons of Indiana University Purdue Fort Wayne on Tuesday, but ultimately fell 6-4. Goshen (14-13-1, 4-4 Crossroads League) got the afternoon started with a run when Spenser Triplett, a first-year, brought home Ryan Hartig, a junior, in the first inning for a 1-0 lead. After IPFW (4-18) took the lead  with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first, the Leafs evened the contest when Clinton Stroble II, a sophomore, doubled home Vincent Caschera, a senior, in the third. The Mastodons went ahead for good with...

By Seth Wesman • March 30, 2017 • Sports

The Goshen College baseball team extended its winning streak to 12 games before seeing it come to an abrupt end on Tuesday in an afternoon doubleheader with Spring Arbor University. The Leafs won the day’s opening game 3-0 before falling 16-3 in game two. The opener saw Goshen (13-9, 4-1 Crossroads League) take an early lead on a two-run home run from Vincent Caschera, a senior, in the first inning. Spring Arbor (8-13, 1-1) was unable to muster any offense as the Leafs tacked on an insurance run in the sixth. Colby Malson, a first-year, got the start for the...

By Seth Wesman • March 23, 2017 • Sports

Last May, members of the Goshen College baseball team traveled to Carazo, Nicaragua for three weeks of study and sports. After much praise from the trial group of athletes, the May Term course will be returning in 2018, this time for the softball and women’s basketball teams. The trip in 2016 was spearheaded by Doug Schirch, professor of chemistry and currently a SST leader in Peru, who is again behind the planning of the next trip. Even as the first trip was being planned, Schirch was looking ahead, saying, “The first trial of the Study and Sports in Nicaragua course...

By Seth Wesman • March 16, 2017 • Sports

The Goshen College baseball team headed for warmer temperatures over spring break as the Leafs traveled to Georgia and Kentucky, winning the last six games of the trip after dropping the first three. The Leafs’ offense got past early season struggles as Goshen struck for 50 runs over the course of the final six games after scoring 29 in their first nine games of the season. After falling to Reinhardt University 8-6 on Saturday and losing a pair against Cleary University on Sunday, the Leafs turned things around with back-to-back victories over Toccoa Falls College on Monday. Goshen then traveled...

By Seth Wesman • March 9, 2017 • Sports