Four-Game Sweep of Goshen Gives No. 1 Taylor 20 Consecutive Wins

GOSHEN, Ind. – No. 1 Taylor scored 14 runs in each game of Saturday's doubleheader, defeating Goshen 14-4 in eight innings and 14-2 in seven to complete a four-game sweep and push its winning streak to 20 games.

The Trojans (38-3, 26-2 CL) have now scored 11 or more runs in 12 consecutive games and reached 20 straight victories for the first time since 2011, when TU won a program-record 24 in a row. The streak topped last season's 18-game run and moved TU to 20 road wins on the year, a mark the program hasn't reached since 2010.

Fletcher Roemmich headlined the opener (1 for 4, HR, 3 RBIs) with a two-run homer to left in the eighth that put the finishing touches on the win. Jace Schrock drove in three on three sacrifice flies, Brennan Frickel doubled in two (1 for 4, 2B, 2 RBIs) and Sam Gladd added a pair of RBIs (1 for 3, 2 RBIs). Luke Sutter recorded two hits (2 for 6, RBI).

Ben Kennedy was the star of the nightcap (3 for 4, 2B, 4 RBIs), delivering his fourth three-hit game of the season. Kennedy singled home a run in the first, drove in another in the second, then ripped a two-run double to left center in the third to stretch the lead to 11-1. He has now reached safely in 24 consecutive games.

Goshen grabbed a 1-0 lead in the opener when Chase Smith scored on a groundout in the first, but TU answered with a five-run second fueled by two Goshen errors and a pair of singles from Sutter and Jordan Malott. Schrock's sacrifice fly tied the game at 1-1, Roemmich drew an RBI walk, and the Trojans kept the line moving to take a 5-1 lead.

Frickel's two-run double in the sixth extended the lead to 8-2 before Gladd added a sacrifice fly and Schrock delivered another sac fly to make it 10-2. Goshen pulled within 10-4 in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI walk from Smith and a wild pitch.

Hunter Doran slammed the door with 2.1 scoreless innings and four strikeouts. TU tacked on two in the seventh and Roemmich's homer in the eighth closed it out at 14-4.

Sophomore right-hander Lane Lewis made his first start of the season and second of his career in the opener, working four innings of one-run ball on just 56 pitches to improve to 3-0.

TU jumped ahead early in Game 2, plating four in the first on an RBI single from Malott, an RBI fielder's choice from Frickel, an RBI single from Kennedy and a sacrifice fly from Schrock. Aidan Calvey answered with a solo homer for Goshen, but it was 9-1 after two innings.

Freshman right-hander JT Tabor improved to 5-0, the most wins by a TU freshman since Gabel Pentecost posted six in 2023, with four innings of one-run ball, striking out five with just one walk. Nathan Frady worked two innings and Brayden Stevenson closed it with a perfect seventh, striking out the side.

Roemmich extended his streak of reaching base in every game this season and now carries an eight-game hitting streak along with a career-high eight home runs. Frickel has reached safely in every game in which he has had a plate appearance, and Sutter has reached in 14 straight with his 21st multi-hit effort of the season.

Brayden Manning has reached safely in 20 consecutive outings, and Malott has hit safely in eight straight with 60 RBIs on the season, tying for the Crossroads League lead. Schrock has driven in a run in seven of his last eight appearances.

TU has swept all but one CL series this season and hasn't dropped a conference series in five years across 44 straight matchups. The Trojans are closing in on last season's record finish in the regular season (41-8).

Top-ranked TU returns home on Friday-Saturday, April 17-18, to host cross-county rival Indiana Wesleyan (26-15, 19-9 CL) for a pair of doubleheaders at Winterholter Field.