UPLAND, Ind. — Brad Stoltzfus blasted a go-ahead 2-run homer in the fifth inning and three Goshen College pitchers shut down the middle of the Taylor University lineup on the way to a 4-3 win Friday night at Winterholter Field.

Kyle Staelgrave allowed five hits in five innings for the win before Kyle Kotecki and Colby Malson conceded one hit over four frames out of the bullpen with Malson working two perfect innings for the save.

Taylor (32-11, 12-6), which saw its 20-game home-field winning streak snapped, watched its number-two through number-six hitters go 0-for-19 although the Trojan lineup combined to draw eight walks.

Cody McCoy went 3 for 4, missing a cycle by the home run, while Stoltzfus and Hunter added two hits apiece for Goshen (19-21, 10-11). Stoltzfus also extended his program record for career walks to 104 with a leadoff walk in the first inning.

Taylor's bullpen also demonstrated the upper hand in the final four innings, which saw neither team score after the fifth. Stoltzfus' home run chased starter Tucker Waddups after four-plus innings: Rob Fox allowed one hit in two innings and Mitch Ubelhor gave up two hits in three innings. The two Trojan relievers struck out nine combined batters.

The hosts struck first with a pair of runs in the second inning after loading the bases with one out. Andrew Kennedy and Brett Lawson both singled before Tanner Kolbe reached on a walk. Wyatt Whitman followed that with a out single to left-center to do the damage before a double play ended the inning.

Goshen needed just three batters to tie the score in the third after Anthony Todaro singled up the middle and Chase Hunter added a base hit to left. Stoltzfus singled to left, apparently loading the bases, but a fielding miscue allowed both runners to score.

Taylor claimed its final lead in the fourth, when Kennedy drew a leadoff walk before moving up on a Brett Lawson single and a sacrifice bunt. The runner scored on Whitman's ground ball to third: while the batter reached on a fielding error, he was promptly cut down stealing.

Hunter's leadoff walk in the fifth would prove to be the tying run when Stoltzfus left the building two pitches later on a 1-0 delivery.

After falling behind, Taylor got the go-ahead run to third twice: in the sixth, a two-out throwing error moved Whitman to third and Lawson to second, and two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases with two down in the seventh.

Taylor's pitching held Goshen's 2 through 6 spots to 1-for-19 and struck out every Maple Leaf batter except pinch-hitter Nolan Holcomb. Malson's save was his ninth of the season and 13th of his career, both extending program records, while Staelgrave improved to 2-3.

Goshen and Taylor wrap up their series with a doubleheader at 2 p.m. Saturday.