Grace Pounds Goshen In Baseball
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
WINONA LAKE - The Grace College baseball team pounded out 26 hits in two games and held Goshen College to just 12 hits as the Lancers swept a doubleheader with the Maple Leafs 16-3 and 5-3, extending their winning streak to four games.
Chad Newhard, Greg Hannah and John Kessinger all hit home runs in the opener as the Lancers scored 16 runs in four innings. Hannah's blast was a grand slam in the middle of an eight-run fourth that gave the Lancers a five-inning 10-run rule victory.
Hannah drove in five runs in the game, while Newhard and Mike Cox each drove home three runs. John Edwards threw all five innings to get the complete game victory for the Lancers.
In game two, Mike Cox hit a bases loaded triple in the first inning as the Lancers went ahead 3-0. Andy Manes hit a solo homer in the third and Cox scored on a single by Edwards in the same inning to give Grace a 5-0 lead.
Goshen fought back with four in the fourth and one in the seventh. However, Lancer leftfielder Tom Johns made a diving catch with the bases loaded and just one out to secure the Grace victory.
Cox went 3 for 3 in the game with three RBIs, and John Turrell went 6-1/3 innings for the win. Mike Sawyer came on to pick up his first save of the season.
Grace (8-15) will host Saginaw Valley State today at 1 p.m. [[In-content Ad]]
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WINONA LAKE - The Grace College baseball team pounded out 26 hits in two games and held Goshen College to just 12 hits as the Lancers swept a doubleheader with the Maple Leafs 16-3 and 5-3, extending their winning streak to four games.
Chad Newhard, Greg Hannah and John Kessinger all hit home runs in the opener as the Lancers scored 16 runs in four innings. Hannah's blast was a grand slam in the middle of an eight-run fourth that gave the Lancers a five-inning 10-run rule victory.
Hannah drove in five runs in the game, while Newhard and Mike Cox each drove home three runs. John Edwards threw all five innings to get the complete game victory for the Lancers.
In game two, Mike Cox hit a bases loaded triple in the first inning as the Lancers went ahead 3-0. Andy Manes hit a solo homer in the third and Cox scored on a single by Edwards in the same inning to give Grace a 5-0 lead.
Goshen fought back with four in the fourth and one in the seventh. However, Lancer leftfielder Tom Johns made a diving catch with the bases loaded and just one out to secure the Grace victory.
Cox went 3 for 3 in the game with three RBIs, and John Turrell went 6-1/3 innings for the win. Mike Sawyer came on to pick up his first save of the season.
Grace (8-15) will host Saginaw Valley State today at 1 p.m. [[In-content Ad]]