Wayne, NJ (4-28-10) - Eric Groff doubled three times and added a home run as Keystone College unleashed an offensive barrage on William Paterson University, 19-7.  

With the victory Keystone moves to 21-7 on the year, while William Paterson falls to 16-7 overall.  

In addition to picking up four of Keystone's 19 hits, Groff also drove in five and scored twice.  Every Keystone starter picked up at least one hit and eight of the nine Keystone starters picked up an RBI.

Esteban Meletiche, Ryan Smyth, Yazy Arbello and Ray Jackson also picked up a pair of hits, with Meletiche knocking in three.  Eddie Frias also drove in a pair while scoring three times.

William Paterson got on the scoreboard first scoring once in the bottom of the opening inning. Keystone responded in the top of the second, knocking out five hits and scoring five runs. Singles by Smyth, Donald Reese, Meletiche and Gabe Torres along with a double by Arbello assisted the Giants in taking the 5-1 lead over the Pioneers.

The Pioneers struck again in the bottom of the third inning when William Paterson rallied to score three runs, all with two outs cutting the Giants' lead down to 5-4. Keystone answered back in the top half of the fourth starting with singles by Frias, Ray Jackson and Meletiche. A base-clearing double by Groff proved to be the difference in the inning, giving the Giants an 8-4 edge.

Groff caused problems for the Pioneer pitching staff once again in the top of the sixth inning, leading off with a home run to left field. After loading the bases, the Giants only managed to scrape across one extra run on a sacrifice fly by Frias, making it a 12-4 game.

A long home run to right field by Arbello led off the top half of the fifth inning for Keystone. Putting together a small two-out rally, the Giants strung together three singles and got some help from the Pioneer defense, who committed two errors, allowing Keystone to score two more runs.

Keystone tacked on another two runs in the top of the seventh on a ground ball by Smyth that scored Edwin Padua and a passed ball that allowed Groff, who previously reached on a double to right-center field, to score, making it 15-4. The Keystone bats did not let up in the top of the eighth inning, blasting four hits and scoring four runs for a 19-6 edge.

Giants starter Sean Murphy (4-2), scattered six hits in 6.0 innings and allowed four runs  and striking out six.

The Giants return to action on Friday at 3pm when they travel to Centenary College.  The Giants just need to win either Friday or in one of their games on Saturday against the Cyclones to secure the top seed in CSAC playoffs.


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