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GOSHEN - The Grace College Lancers baseball team won its fourth and fifth straight games Thursday, beating Goshen 11-7 and 10-0. The wins up Grace's record to 15-23. The last time Grace won as many as 15 games was 1981, when the Lancers finished 16-15.
Holding a 7-6 lead in the first game, Grace pulled away with two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth. Thom Newhard went 3 for 4 and scored two runs.
Dustin Christean (5-4) dealt a two-hit shutout in the second game. Christean is 3-1 in his last four starts, all complete games. He's allowed just six earned runs in those four starts.
Mike Cox broke a Grace hitting record. Cox entered with 145 career hits, one short of the school record. He went 2 for 3 with two RBIs in the second game to break the record.
Grace, 10-18 in the MCC, hosts St. Francis at 1 p.m. Saturday.
GRACE 11, GOSHEN 7
Grace 130 223 0 - 11 11 4
Goshen 121 300 0 - 7 9 5
WP - Pat McCall (2-4); LP -ÊPete Gaff
Grace leaders -ÊJohn Kessinger 2 for 3, 1 2B, 2 R; Ryan Sturm 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 SB; Thom Newhard 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 SB
GRACE 10, GOSHEN 0
Grace 030 403 - 10 12 1
Goshen 000 000 - 0 2 1
WP - Dustin Christian (5-4); LP - Jesse Birky
Grace leaders -ÊMike Cox 2 for 3, 1 2B, 2 RBIs; Kenneth Ross 2 for 3, 2 R; Kenny Jenningers 2 for 3, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 SB
