MELBOURNE, Fla. - Goshen went 2-1 during their second day at the Space Coast Spring Games. They beat Oakland City 8-7 in a game that was rescheduled from Monday night due to rain and beat them again 10-2 in the second game of the doubleheader, needing just five innings before the mercy rule set in. Then in the evening, the Leafs lost to Fort Lauderdale, as the Eagles won 12-1.

Game One
Goshen's first game against Oakland City on Tuesday was a back-and-forth contest. The Leafs got two unearned runs in the first from a throwing error and Oakland City tied it after the second inning. In the third, Bianca Diamond hit an RBI triple, Shea VanScoter had an RBI bunt single and Brinleigh Arredondo had an RBI sac fly. Camryn Barrows hit a home run in the fourth, the first of her collegiate career, to make it 6-2.

Grace Schmitt had a strong start as Goshen's starter, but she was taken out after 4.1 innings and allowing six earned runs. The Mighty Oaks scored one in the fourth and three in the fifth to tie the game. Ella Mcleod and Bianca Diamond hit RBI singles in the sixth to put the Leafs on top again by two. OCU scored once in the bottom of the sixth, but Esme Pico threw a solid 1.2 innings in relief and allowed just one earned run over that period with three strikeouts. VanScoter pitched the final inning and earned the save, with the win going to Pico.

Diamond finished 3-4 with two singles, a triple, a stolen base, two RBIs and two runs scored. Barrows and Kaylee Kates had two hits each.

Game Two
The Maple Leafs came out ready to attack in the second of three games on the day. Goshen had five runs on four hits in the first inning and capitalized off of two Oakland City errors. Alyssa McDonald and Shea VanScoter hit RBI singles, Brinleigh Arredondo had an RBI double, and Grace Schmitt's RBI triple made it a 5-0 lead midway through one. VanScoter hit a second RBI single in the second inning to make the lead 6-0. Camryn Barrows scored on a passed ball in the third and Schmitt and Arredondo crossed the plate after a fielding error later in the inning. By then it was 9-0.

Barrows was on the mound for Goshen and threw five innings, giving up two earned runs on just three hits. She had three strikeouts and two walks. At the plate she finished 2-3 with two runs, just like the first game. Barrows had four hits in her six at-bats against Oakland City on Tuesday. She had one hit in 11 at-bats all of last season.

Barrows only needed five innings because Goshen had an eight run lead after five, hitting the mercy rule. Goshen's tenth run came by an RBI single from Grace Schmitt down the right field line. Schmitt finished 2-2 with two RBIs, a single, a triple, a walk and a run scored. Alyssa McDonald went 3-3. Shea VanScoter was 2-3 with three RBIs. Brinleigh Arredondo finished 2-2 with a pair of runs scored. Goshen is 3-1 all-time against Oakland City.

Game Three
Fort Lauderdale quickly put up runs against the Maple Leafs as Goshen was playing in their third game of the day, while the Eagles were only on their second of two. They scored eight first-inning runs and held Goshen starter Shea VanScoter to 0.2 innings in the circle. Camryn Barrows came in and pitched 2.1 innings and only allowed one run and one hit. So far she has thrown 7.1 innings in the young season with a 2.86 ERA to show for it.

Goshen scored a run in the fourth on an RBI single from Celeste Gutierrez that scored Alyssa McDonald. It was one of three hits Goshen had in the game, as Grace Schmitt and Kamille Badibanga also had singles. The Eagles needed just five innings to win by mercy rule, 12-1.

Goshen (2-2) is off on Wednesday. On Thursday, they'll face #25 College of Coastal Georgia at 12:15 pm and Siena Heights at 4:45 pm.