WESTFIELD, Ind. — Former major-league pitcher Joaquin Andujar once said that the best single word to describe baseball was "youneverknow." After the number of twists and turns in the Goshen College baseball team's season-opening weekend, the Maple Leafs would be hard-pressed to disagree.

Goshen College and Concordia University announced on Wednesday that the two schools would play a four-game series at Grand Park this weekend: both teams had seen season-opening trips to Kentucky washed out and were in search of opponents.

Friday night, they found another one: Grace College had traveled to a series at Shawnee State and checked into its hotel before that set was called off. The Lancers returned to central Indiana, making the Westfield meet a three-way affair, with Grace slated to play Goshen and Concordia once each on Saturday and Sunday.

As if those schedule changes weren't enough, a Saturday snow delay forced Goshen and Grace to play three times on Sunday, which in turn prompted a suspension due to Department of Transportation rules.

To the extent that any of the weekend can be believed without having been there, recaps of all three-plus games are below. Click on the bold heading of any completed game to see the box score.

Saturday: Concordia 10, Goshen 4

Fresh off a win over Grace in the opener, Concordia took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second when Micah Oetting hit a sacrifice fly and Ben Balgaard tripled home Matthew Botti. Goshen couldn't answer in the bottom of the second, but tied the score on a fielding error on Ryan Hartig's third-inning fly ball to center.

The Cardinals (8-2) scored four times in each of their next two innings; Goshen managed two more in the fifth after doubles from Cody McCoy and Clinton Stroble II. Ben Longacre, who reached on another fielding error, scored one of the runs. With the game reaching regulation status after five innings and snow falling, the game was called and the scheduled Goshen-Grace game was tacked on to the end of Sunday's schedule.

Concordia finished with seven hits from seven players, but only three were singles. Left fielder Will Harris scored three times: Botti and Oetting crossed the plate twice. Jacob Maas drove in three runs. Brendan Lyons claimed the win. Stroble had two hits for GC, which saw three of four team hits go for extra bases.

Sunday, Game 1: Concordia 13, Goshen 6

The Cardinals scored seven times in the second inning and jumped out to a 9-0 lead after three, only to let Goshen back in with a five-run fifth before sweeping the season series. Maas was 2 for 3 with a run scored and a triple as CUAA used 25 players in the game. Botti and Justin Mercer each scored twice and drove in two runs: Oetting also finished with two runs batted in and Jake Smith added a double and triple in two times up.

Goshen put its five-spot on the board with just three hits, adding two walks (to Cody McCoy and Brad Stoltzfus) and a hit batter (Hartig). Anthony Todaro singled in two runs as did Quinlan Armstrong; Kody McGuire tacked on the sixth run in the sixth on a throwing error.

Seven Maple Leafs had hits, but no player posted more than one: Hartig and McCoy both reached base via both hit and walk. Logan Jones retired both men he faced on the mound in his collegiate debut.

Sunday, Game 2: Goshen 8, Grace 3

Ben Longacre's first career home run and a pair of three-run innings powered Goshen to a win over a conference opponent, albeit in a non-conference game. Longacre went 3 for 4 with three runs scored while Stoltzfus, Stroble and Armstrong each hit safely twice and Stroble drove in three runs.

Grace opened the scoring after an Austin Baker triple to lead off the first, but Goshen scored the next five runs. Stroble's two-run double and Armstrong's single made the score 3-1 Leafs after one frame: Longacre's second-inning solo shot made the score 4-1 after two and Armstrong doubled in another run in the third.

Stroble added a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth before Hartig emptied the bases with a two-run triple. Grace added single tallies in the sixth and seventh after freshman starter Kyle Staelgraeve gave up two hits in his first five innings.

Catcher C.J. Trevino was the lone Lancer with multiple hits.

Sunday, Game 3: Goshen 3, Grace 0 (suspended after third inning)

Goshen started the final game with a three-run first inning as Stoltzfus' leadoff triple gave way to run-scoring doubles by Stroble and Kody McGuire. Kyle Kotecki retired nine of the 10 men he faced, six via strikeout.

Play was halted after the third inning to allow Grace to return to campus; because the Lancers had traveled to Ohio for a postponed series before returning to Westfield, their bus driver was flirting with a Department of Transportation limit for hours on duty. The game will be completed from the point of stoppage at a later date.

UPDATE, April 18: The abandoned game was finished in Goshen on April 18 with the Maple Leafs winning 6-5. Click here for the box score or here for the game recap.

Goshen is back in action this weekend as the team plays five games in Georgia over Spring Break. The Maple Leafs meet Rio Grande at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Reinhardt University campus in Waleska before playing RU at 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; a doubleheader at Toccoa Falls on Monday concludes the weekend.