Box Score BUZZARDS BAY, Mass.--Keystone College's bid to earn its third trip to the NCAA World Series ended Saturday evening with a 7-4 loss to Ramapo College in an NCAA regional game at Hendy Field on the campus of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
The Giants managed just one hit off Roadrunner starting pitcher Kevin Stewart and three off reliever Riley Weis, but still managed to make a game out of it by cutting a 5-0 deficit down to two runs before Ramapo scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to swing the momentum back in their favor permanently. Â
Ramapo, now 35-13, will play UMass-Boston, the top seed and the nation's fifth-ranked team tomorrow, with the winner meeting undefeated Oswego St. for the right to advance to next weekend's NCAA World Series in Appleton, Wisconsin. Â Yesterday, UMass-Boston defeated Ramapo, 2-1, in 10 innings.
Connor Walsh paced the Roadrunners'Â 11-hit attack with three hits and seniors Joe Maugeri, Bobby Shannon and Ryan MacNaughton chipped in two apiece.
Senior
Bray Curreri (Eldred, N.Y./Eldred Central) belted a solo home run--his third of the year--to open the ninth inning and sophomore
Adam Kelly (Beach Lake, Pa./Honesdale) and juniors
Chris Panzarella (Hazle Township, Pa./Hazleton Area) and
Jandi Pena (New York, NY/James Monroe Campus High School) had the other three hits for Keystone, which ends its 2018 season with a 34-12 record.
The Giants did manage to bring the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning with two outs, but Weis was able to get a strikeout to end the game. Â Weis went five innings in relief and struck out two batters to pick up the victory.
Keystone news & notes
- Senior Eric Drzewiecki (Hellertown, Pa./Phillipsburg) hit a sacrifice fly for Keystone's first run in the fourth inning; it was his 19th RBI of the season
- McFadden and Clayton Brooks (Walden, NY/Walden) drove in the other runs for the Giants on ground outs in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively; McFadden finished the year with a team-high 53 RBIs
- Losing pitcher Chris Adams went seven innings and threw 125 pitches, 87 for strikes
- McFadden and juniors Ronald Medina (Bronx, NY/Dewitt Clinton) and Chris Panzarella (Hazle Township, Pa./Hazleton Area)Â played in all 46 games this year
