CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — Brad Lantz struck out a career-high nine batters and took a shutout into the seventh inning as Goshen College swept a baseball doubleheader from Toccoa Falls College 6-1 and 4-1 Monday afternoon at the Perfect Game complex.

Michael Walker got the win and Spenser Triplett the save in the opener, a game that GC led after only three batters and put away in the sixth behind a three-hit day from Vincent Caschera.

"Today we got a couple of seniors to give us senior-quality starts," said Goshen coach Alex Childers. "After the disappointment of losing the last couple of days, we got what we needed to get back on track and snap a four-game losing streak."

A Fairfield High School product, Lantz needed just 92 pitches to make it through seven innings of work in the day's second game, combining his punchouts with eight flyouts, three groundouts and a pickoff to retire the requisite 21 men. He scattered five hits, including four singles; the lone man to reach third base in the first six innings did so by way of an error.

Each team went down without a run in the first four innings: after Preston Carr led off the game with a double, Goshen (3-8) would go hitless until a two-out infield single from Kody McGuire in the fifth. Austin Rook singled to put two men on before another Carr two-bagger scored pinch-runner Connor Clemens for the game's first run.

The Maple Leafs added three insurance runs in the sixth, using just one hit to do so. A walk, an error and a hit batter loaded the bases with one away. Courtesy runner Quinlan Armstrong scored on a passed ball; two pitches later, a Colby Malson single did the rest of the damage. A Texas Leaguer over second base scored Ryan Hartig to make it 3-0, and Ben Longacre came home to make it 4-0 when the throw to the plate bounced to the backstop. The errors left each starter with just one earned run.

Toccoa Falls (1-16) got its run in the seventh on a one-out single and a two-out double.

The Screaming Eagles got five hits from five different players and eight strikeouts from starter Justin Skinner. Carr and Vincent Caschera each turned in two hits for GC.

Brad Stoltzfus scored the first game's first run, crossing the plate on a Caschera double after a one-out walk in the first inning. Toccoa Falls got the tying run to third in the third with a one-out Erik Lusk triple, one of four hits Walker allowed in four innings and 63 pitches, but could not get a run in the inning after popping up twice.

The Maple Leafs used two singles and a walk to get an insurance tally their next time up with Cody McCoy scoring from second on another Caschera hit. TFC got a run back without a hit in the fifth, using a leadoff walk, two wild pitches and a sacrifice fly to score, but that was as close as they would get.

After a strikeout to start the sixth, McCoy drew a free pass and Carr doubled him to third. Stoltzfus touched relief pitcher Cody Frye for a single, scoring McCoy and moving Carr to third, before stealing second himself to put two men in scoring position.

Caschera cracked a double to knock in two more runs and extend the lead to 5-1 before yielding to pinch-runner Quinlan Armstrong, who scored a batter later on a groundout.

Triplett retired six of the last seven men he faced, the one exception a two-out hit in the sixth, and needed 55 pitches to earn the three-inning save. He allowed a hit and two walks while striking out four; Walker's two punchouts moved him within three of Goshen's all-time top-10 list in that category.

Josh Slate allowed five hits and four runs in 5 1/3 innings for the hosts, striking out five but conceding seven walks. Sean Farmer was the lone Screaming Eagle to pick up two hits; Caschera had three and Stoltzfus two for Goshen while Cody McCoy drew four free passes and joined Caschera in scoring twice.

The Maple Leafs return to action this weekend with a four-game series (a pair of doubleheaders) at Berea College in Kentucky. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday.