WALESKA and CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — Brad Stoltzfus finished the weekend with five hits, one more than Preston Carr for the team high, as the Goshen College baseball team dropped three games in 24 hours to Reinhardt University and Cleary University over the weekend.

SATURDAY: Reinhardt 8, Goshen 6 (box score at right)

Reinhardt got on the board first and last on its own campus Saturday night, coming away with an 8-6 win in a single nine-inning game. The Eagles (16-3) knocked in a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning and then two more in the second. Goshen (1-8) responded with two of their own in the top of the third before plating a trio in the fourth to tie the game at five after Reinhardt had added a run in the third.

The Eagles would break the tie in the bottom of the fourth with a run and lead the rest of the way, adding insurance tallies in the fifth and seventh.

Reinhardt used offense by committee to earn the win, scoring 8 runs on 17 hits with RBIs from seven players. Matt Tarwick and Christian Trejos scored each scored a pair of runs with Trejos and Daniel Rodriguez setting team-highs with 3 hits each.

Stoltzfus and Carr each drove in a pair for GC as Stoltzfus went 4 for 5 at the plate. Carr paced GC with two runs scored. Blake Collins got the start on the mound for the Leafs and struck out a pair of Eagles over 4⅓ innings. Colton Daniel, Michael Walker and Colby Malson appeared in relief for Goshen and all recorded at least one strikeout.

SUNDAY: Cleary 4, Goshen 3 (box score at right); Cleary 11, Goshen 0 (box score)

In a game defined by offensive bursts, Cleary claimed Sunday's opener behind four runs on five hits from the first eight batters before mustering three singles the rest of the way. Goshen countered with 13 hits and got the tying or go-ahead run into scoring position for six at-bats but could not tie the game after a three-run fourth.

The Cougars got singles from four of the first five batters, with the last two scoring the first three runs, and added an insurance tally on a two-out throwing error. A leadoff double from Carr looked to start GC's own rally, but that fell through on two flyouts and a groundout.

Goshen nearly matched that scoring output three innings later when Ryan Hartig, Ben Longacre and Colby Malson singled. With no outs, Kody McGuire's double-play ground ball drove in Hartig while putting Longacre 90 feet from scoring; after Cody McCoy walked, both runners scored on another Carr two-bagger. Stoltzfus put runners on the corners with a base hit before a groundout ended the threat.

The Cougars would get no more chances of their own: freshman Braedon Evans retired the last 11 men he faced, coming away with a complete-game 8-hitter and six strikeouts. Payton Tindall got the win for Cleary, going five innings and allowing three runs before yielding to Tyler Vaughan, who allowed three hits in two innings but claimed the save.

Perhaps Goshen's best chance to tie the game came in the sixth. Vaughan set down the first man he faced, Kody McGuire, on a popup before allowing singles to McCoy, Carr and Stoltzfus. That left the bases loaded with the tying run on third and the go-ahead run on second and the third and fourth hitters in the GC lineup set to bat.

Vaughan punched out Vincent Caschera and got a ground ball from Clinton Stroble II, putting Stoltzfus out at second on a fielder's choice. Each team went down in order in the seventh.

Carr finished 3 for 4 with two doubles, but those were the only two extra-base hits of the day for Goshen. He also drove in two of the team's three runs with Stoltzfus, Longacre, McGuire and Colby Malson each posting two hits.

Unfortunately for the Maple Leafs, their offense was concentrated in the first game; Cleary starter Badih Jawad took a no-hitter into the seventh inning of game two before Quinlan Armstrong added GC's lone hit. Jawad struck out six and walked two over 6 1/3 innings before leaving the game after Armstrong's hit.

A total of 15 Maple Leafs entered the batting order and Goshen used four pitchers, with starter Travis Grimm lasting three innings. Brandon Vires and Seth Lapp each struck out a batter.

The Cougars rapped 13 hits, including four of three bases or longer. Reid Beffrey led the team with two hits and three RBIs.

Goshen concludes the first weekend of its spring break trip with a doubleheader against Toccoa Falls College on Monday. The games have been moved from the TFC campus to the Perfect Game complex in Cartersville and will now begin at noon rather than 1 p.m.

Sports information intern Seth Wesman contributed to this report.