Tyler Gurman went 4-5 at the plate with three RBIs in Saturday's doubleheader sweep of Neumann.
4
Winner Keystone College KCBB 18-6
1
Neumann University NUBB 14-6
Winner
Keystone College KCBB
18-6
4
Final
1
Neumann University NUBB
14-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Keystone College KCBB 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1
Neumann University NUBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1

W: Rogers, Rob (0-0) L: Dicken, Mike (0-0)

5
Winner Keystone College KCBB 19-6
1
Neumann University NUBB 14-7
Winner
Keystone College KCBB
19-6
5
Final
1
Neumann University NUBB
14-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Keystone College KCBB 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 11 1
Neumann University NUBB 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1

W: Robinson, Patrick (0-0) L: Deluzio, Kristian (0-0)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Peter Schmidt, Sports Information Director

Giants Complete Regular Season Sweep of Knights

Keystone wins by scores of 4-1 and 5-1



Aston, PA – Keystone College won a pair of key Colonial States Athletic Conference baseball games on Saturday afternoon at Neumann University, claiming the opener 4-1 before earning a 5-1 decision in the nightcap as the Giants completed a three-game regular season sweep of the Knights.  Keystone, currently ranked 12th in the country, improves to 19-6 on the season with their fourth straight win and 8-1 in conference play while Neumann falls to 14-7 this spring and 4-3 in the CSAC.
 
Keystone took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning of Saturday's first game.  Kevin Catherina (Ridgefield, NJ/St. Mary (Rutherford)) hit a leadoff infield singe and stole second before advancing to third on a sacrifice bunt by Rick McLaughlin (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert).  Tyler Gurman (Bronx, NY/Lehman) stepped up to the plate with two outs in the inning and delivered and RBI single to right field to bring home the game's first run.
 
The Giants put together another two-out rally in the visitor's second to take a 4-0 lead.  Cory Shaver (Port St. Lucie, FL/Treasure Coast) reached base on an error by the Knights and Catherina was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second with two down.  McLaughlin followed with a base hit to right that scored Shaver and Chris Bzozowski (Westampton, NJ/Bishop Eustace) then doubled down the left field line to bring home both Catherina and McLaughlin. 
 
Keystone continued to ride another outstanding start by Rob Rogers (Islip, NY/Islip), who yielded just one hit – a first inning single – heading into the seventh inning.  Down to the last at bats, Neumann loaded the bases with a pair of singles followed by a walk before getting an infield hit to plate their first run of the game.  With the game-winning run at the plate, Rogers got a 1-2-3 double play and closed out the game with a strikeout to improve to 4-2 on the season.
 
Rogers finished the day by scattering four hits in the complete game win while walking three and striking out four.
 
Bzozowski and Gurman had two hits apiece to lead the Giants' offense with Bzozowki collecting a pair of RBIs and Gurman and McLaughlin driving in Keystone's other two runs.
 
In Saturday's second game, Keystone took a 2-0 lead in the top half of the third inning.  McLaughlin led off with an infield single and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Miquel Castano (Miami, FL/Miami Springs) before scoring on Domenick Montanaro (Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Egg Harbor Township) double to left field.  Montanaro the score the visitor's second run on an RBI single by Catherina. 
 
Neumann got a run back in bottom of the third inning when Bobby McCormick doubled home Will Flores from second, but Keystone got the run back in the fourth inning Gurman and Gabriel Ramirez (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Perkiomen School) recorded base hits to open the frame.  Gabriel Molina (Bronx, NY/James Monroe) advanced the runners to second and third with a sacrifice bunt and Gurman scored on a McLaughlin sacrifice fly to make it a 3-1 game.
 
Gurman got another big hit for the Giants in the top of the fifth inning, delivering a two-out single to right field that brought home Catherina and Montanaro to make it a 5-1 game in favor of the Giants.
 
Keystone starter Patrick Robinson (Goshen, NY/Goshen) retired the Knights in order in both the fifth and sixth innings before handing the ball off to Felix Lopez (Brooklyn, NY/Grand Street Campus) who closed out the win with a pair of strikeouts in a scoreless seventh inning.
 
Robinson improve to 4-1 on the season after throwing six innings of three-hit ball while walking one and striking out six batters.  Lopez walked one and hit a batter without allowing a hit in an inning of work.
 
Catherina went 3-4 with an RBI to lead the Giants to the win in the nightcap while Montanaro, Gurman, and McLaughlin had two hits apiece.
 
Keystone will host Misericordia University in a non-conference game on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at Christy Mathewson Field.  The Giants edged the Cougars 4-3 on March 8th in the opening game of their spring break trip in Florida.
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