Season Ends At Taylor University In MCC Play-In Series
April 27, 2009
UPAND, Ind. (4/27)
vs. Taylor University
The thirty-plus mile per hour winds blowing straight out to center field did not help the Maple Leafs early as they faced one of the strongest hitting teams in the conference in a Mid-Central College Conference Tournament Play-In Series on Monday.
The Trojans hit five home runs and added seven more extra-base hits in game one as they ran off with a 24-8 win. The managed to score in each of the six innings in which they batted.
The Goshen offense did have some solid showings against Trojan starter Taylor Kinzer, who came in with a perfect 6-0 record. The Leafs plated two runs in the first, two in the fifth, and four in the seventh.
The fifth-inning runs came on a two-run home run by sophomore Adam Zehr, the first of his career. In the seventh, freshman Andy Swisher hit the first run of his career, a two-run shot to center.
Game two was a completely different game.
After giving up a solo shot to Paul Passiales in the first inning, Goshen starter Matt Fyfe settled in t pitch his best and most complete game of the season. He gave up just seven hits and three earned runs over eight innings.
Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs got two runs in the second on back-to-back home runs by freshman Garrett Cannizzo and senior Tom McDowell. However, Matt Kirkendale and Chris Howell came out of Taylor’s bullpen to keep Goshen scoreless from the third through the seventh.
Junior Zac Miller ripped an RBI double to left field in the top of the eighth inning, but that was all Goshen could muster as its season ended with a 4-3 defeat.
