Nation's top team next up for Giants

7:08 - Giants fail to score in ninth, fall 9-4.  Keystone will play Widener at 10am on Friday in an elimination game.

7:00 - Murpshy sets down the side in the ninth

6:53 - Giants go down 1, 2, 3 in the eight

6:49 - Murphy sets the side down in order

6:43 - Giants strand another runner, six outs left to come back in this one, after seven, 9-4 Jays

6:36 - Hopkins pitching change, Eagleson goes 6.1, allowing four earned runs on six hits, while striking out four

6:30 - Fielding error brings home another, 9-4 Hopkins

6:25 - Double to right center plates one, followed  by double to left center to score two more, 8-4 Jays

6:22 - Second chances can hurt, throwing error puts runners on first and third with one out for the Blue Jays

6:18 - Giants waste a Vega single in the sixth.  After six innings of play, Keystone trails the number one team in the nation 5-4.

6:09 - Hopkins regains the lead with a single down the righfield line, 5-4

6:06 - Single through left side ties the score at 4

6:04 - Line out to Del Rosso in right, strong throw home holds runner, 2 outs

6:02 - Hopkins loads bases, let's go Giants

5:59 - Murphy gives up a pair of walks around a fly out, first and second, one out, Hopkins threatening

5:51 - Arbello drills a double to deep right-center to score Groff, 4-2 Giants.  Yazy is carrying the hot  bat right now

5:44 - Hopkins scores one to draw within 3-2, Murphy works out of a first and third jam

5:38 - A bloop to right and a seeing eye single through the right side have Blue Jays on the corners with 1 out

5:32 - Jackson robbed of a base hit by a great catch from the Hopkins centerfielder, 3-1 Giants after four

5:28 - Vega with a laser over the leftfield wall, 3-1 Giants as Fargas also scores

5:23 - Arbello deposits one over the leftfield wall, we are tied at 1-1.  That's Arbello's second home run of the tournament

5:19 - Murphy gets a K and Fargas nails a would be base stealer, his 2nd of the day, doing a great job behind hte dish, heading to the bottom of the fourth

5:15 - Brian Youchak puts Hopkins on the board with a home run to right, 1-0

5:10 - Scoreless after three, Padua stranded at second after a two-out double to left

5:05 - Keystone has been making good contact at the plate, looking to have some of those start dropping in

5:04 - Murphy has faced one over the limit in 3 inning pitched, Giants coming up in the bottom of the third

5:00 - Keystone and Hopkins have combined for nearly 150 home runs this year, yet we are scorless after two

4:55 - Sorry for the pause, hit an internet speed bump.  Giants turned a sweet strikeout - throw out DP in top of the second

4:42 - Hopkins' starter Sam Eagleson is 10-0 on the year with an ERA of 2.15 in 67 innings

4:40 - This game marks the first meeting ever between the Giants and Blue Jays in baseball

4:38 - Sean Murphy sets down the side in order with two ground outs and a strikeout

4:35 - Like clockwork, we're underway

First pitch is slated for 4:35pm

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Trenton, NJ (5-20-10) - Day one saw the Keystone College baseball team record an impressive 13-3 victory over Alvernia University in the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional. Day two brings with it a chance to take down the number one team in the country in Johns Hopkins University.

The Giants and Blue Jays will square off in a winner's bracket game at 4:30pm today at Waterfront Park in Trenton, NJ.

Follow all the action right here with a live blog from the stadium beginning just before first pitch. Click on the headline above or hit your refresh button and follow along in the Giants quest for a berth to the Division III World Series.

Feel free to email questions or comments during the game by clicking here. Fans can also view live stats of the contest by clicking here.

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