INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- After a pair of games on the road on Saturday, the Marian College baseball team came home on Sunday to take on Goshen College in a rescheduled date at Marian Baseball Field. The Knights hammered the Maple Leafs in the first game, 17-7 (5), but dropped the second game, 5-3.

The Knights and Leafs traded runs for the first three innings of the first game, but Marian simply scored more of them, many more.

After Goshen opened with a pair in the top of the first, the Knights answered with four of their own in the bottom half. Senior Bryston Bangel (Indianapolis, Ind./Decatur Central)Joel Strode (Canton, Ill./Canton) hit an infield single to plate Bangel. Senior Jason Moon (Anderson, Ind./Anderson) ripped a double to right center to score Strode and advanced to third on a wild pitch.

Freshman Mike Keltz (Avon, Ind./Avon) plated Moon with a sacrifice fly and, after a single by sophomore Josh Terrell (Richmond, Va./Danville JC), senior Derek Malikian (Charlottesville, Va./New River CC) brought him home with an RBI-double. The Knights were up 4-2 after one, but Goshen cut the gap with a run in the top of the second.

However, the Knights unloaded on the Leafs in the bottom half as they unleashed an eight-run onslaught that looked as if it would not end. An RBI-single by Strode, a two-run single from Moon, an infield RBI-single by sophomore Chad Morris (Whitestown, Ind./Lebanon), an RBI-single by junior Josh Gerald (Frankfort, Ind./Frankfort), an RBI-single by Bangel, an RBI-walk by senior Cody Andrew (Hanover, Ind./Southeastern) and a run on an error gave the Knights a 12-3 cushion.

The Leafs scored two more to cut the lead to 12-5 but the Knights answered with on in the third on an RBI-double by Malikian to make the score 13-5.

The Knights pushed across a pair in the fourth on an RBI-walk by Moon and an RBI-sacrifice fly by Keltz to make the score, 15-5. Goshen answered with a pair to stave off the mercy rule, but the Knights shut the door with a pair of RBI-singles from Bangel and Andrew to invoke the mercy rule, 17-7, in the fifth inning.

Marian scored a season-high 17 runs on 16 hits, but allowed 10 walks. Sophomore Shane Surber picked up the win in relief to earn his first win of the season.

Game two was not how anyone in attendance had envisioned. Both teams scored a run in the first inning as Bangel singled and scored on an RBI-single by Moon. From then until the fifth inning, pitching was the story as neither team threatened except for a bases-loaded jam for the Leafs in the bottom of the fourth. However, the rally was quelled.

Goshen scored a pair in the top of the fifth to take a 3-1 lead, but it was shortlived as the Knights plated a pair of their own in the fifth to tie the score, 3-3. Moon doubled home Strode and ended up scoring on a throwing error by the catcher.

Each team went quietly in the sixth, but Goshen plated a pair on a fielder's choice to take the 5-3 victory.

Bangel finished the day 5-for-8 with two RBI, four runs scored and two stolen bases. Moon went 4-for-7 with six RBI and two doubles. Malikian went 2-for-3 in game two with two RBI and two runs scored. Strode, Keltz and Andrew each had two RBI in game one.

The Knights get back into action when they play host to NCAA Division I and city rival Butler University on Tuesday at Marian Baseball Field. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.