Stevenson, Md. - Keystone College split a pair of non-conference baseball games on Saturday afternoon, bouncing back from a 5-1 setback to #6 Frostburg State University before picking up a 15-7 victory over Stevenson University. The Giants will take a 3-1 record into their spring break trip to Florida which starts on March 16.

In Saturday's opener Frostburg State (6-1), currently ranked #6 in the country in the latest d3baseball.com national poll, scored a pair of runs in the first inning and held off Keystone before adding a pair of late insurance runs to pull out a 5-1 victory.

Devin Bell hit a two-run home run for the Bobcats in the bottom of the first inning and held the two-run edge until the visitor's seventh, when Louis Reyes (Port St. Lucie, FL/Treasure Coast) launched a solo home run over the right field fence to cut Keystone's deficit in half.

The Bobcats added three insurance runs in the home eighth, getting a bases loaded walk before the final two runs came home on a fielder's choice coupled with an error by the Giants.

The two teams combined for just nine hits in the game, with Keystone holding a 5-4 edge. Reyes, Chris Triano (Greenwich, CT/Rye), Robbie Nardelli (Eynon, PA/Valley View), Brandon Eady (Bowie, MD/DeMatha Catholic), and Tony Hunter II (Atlanta, GA/South Effingham) accounted for the Giants' five hits.

Greg Schneider was strong on the mound for Frostburg State, striking out 14 batters while allowing Keystone's lone run on four hits in eight innings. Nick Huff picked up the final three outs for the Bobcats after allowing one hit and picking up one K in the ninth inning.

Felix Baez (San Juan, PR/Colegio Presbiteriano de Puerto Nuevo) took the loss after allowing two runs on four hits while striking out four batters in five innings of work. Hector Vargas (Corona, NY/Forest Hills) allowed one run and struck out a pair of batters in 2.1 innings before turning the ball over to Blake DeMeter (Oakhurst, NJ/Ocean Township), who yielding a pair of runs. Junior Bautista (Haina, Domincan Republic/Christiana) picked up the final two outs on the mound for the Giants.

In game two against the Mustangs (3-4), Keystone scored nine runs in the top of the sixth inning to overcome a 5-1 deficit on their way to the 15-7 victory.

Stevenson took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning before the Giants leveled the contest in the top of the fifth inning on an RBI double by Eady. The Mustangs answered with four runs in the half of the frame to claim a 5-1 edge.

Keystone's offense came alive in a big way in their next at-bats as the Giants plated nine runs on eight hits and one Stevenson error. Brady Barr (Bowie, MD/Bowie) got the scoring started with a two-run run single before Julian Lanfranco (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian) hit an RBI base knock to bring the Giants to within one. Eady followed with a two-run base hit before Nate Ross (Albuquerque, NM/La Cueva) made it an 8-5 game with a two-run single of his own. Nardelli then hit a two-run double to give Keystone the five-run advantage.

Stevenson got a run back in the home sixth before the visitors got the run back with a double-steal that brought Reyes in from third. The Mustangs again got a run back in the home seventh, but Keystone tacked on four runs in the ninth inning on two-run singles from Reyes and Ross to cap the scoring.

Eady went 4-6 with three RBIs while Reyes, Ross, and Barr had three hits apiece for the Giants, who outhit the Mustangs 20-14 in the nightcap. Ross led the way with four RBIs while Reyes, Nardelli, and Barr drove in a pair of runs each.

Billy Nelson (Moscow, PA/North Pocono) took a no-decision on the mound after allowing three runs on six hits while striking out four in four innings of work before giving way to Jesse Arnold (Stuart, FL/Port Saint Lucie), who picked up his second win of the season after going 1.2 innings on the hill with one strikeout. JP Ramirez (Bronx, NY/Xavier) went 1.1 innings while Dan Maguire (Ocean Township, NJ/Ocean Township) and Yeison Andujar (Carolina, PR/Programa Educativo Alcance) worked a scoreless inning each to close out the win.

Kevin Kopas and Craig Joseph had three hits apiece for Stevenson with Kopas driving in a team-best three runs. The Mustangs got 5.1 innings from starting pitcher Michael Remeikis before the hosts used four relievers to get through the remainder of the game.

Keystone is scheduled to be off until Wednesday, March 16 when they open their spring break trip with a pair of games in Port Charlotte, Florida. The Giants will take on #16 Heidelberg University at 11:00 a.m. before meeting Salem State University at 3:00 p.m.