La PLUME, Pa. – The Keystone College baseball team won both games against Cairn University in a CSAC doubleheader on Easter Monday, taking game one 8-5 before winning game two, 2-0.
With the sweep, the Giants are now 15-11 (8-1 CSAC) and will host Misericordia University on Wednesday, April 24 at 3:35 p.m. The game will be televised locally by Fox 56 Sports on MYTV-WQMY.
The Highlanders drop to 13-18 (5-4 CSAC).
Game One: Keystone 8, Cairn 5
Seniors
Dakota McFadden (Rocky Point, NC/Heide Trask) and
Johann Paniagua (Bronx, NY/James Monroe Campus High School) both homered and McFadden earned the win in game one.
McFadden earned his third win of the spring by going 5 2/3 innings, throwing 101 pitches while striking out seven. Senior
Wandy Brito (Reading, Pa./Reading) tossed 1/3 while junior
Zabdiel Parilla (Reading, Pa./Reading) earned his first win of the year, fanning two in the seventh.
At the plate, McFadden launched a 2-1 pitch over the left center wall to score senior
Chris Panzarella (Hazle Township, Pa./Hazleton Area) and give the Giants a 2-0 lead in the first. Paniagua followed in the second with a solo blast down the left field line.
Senior
Mohammed Hussein (Queens, NY/William C. Bryant), junior
Nick Carlini (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights), senior
Ronald Medina (Bronx, NY/Dewitt Clinton) and junior
Ryan Callahan (Highland Mills, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury) all drove in one run each. Freshman
Devin Reed (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton Area) went 2-for-3 while Panzarella scored twice.
Game Two: Keystone 2, Cairn 0
Sophomore
Nathan Hinkley (Bradenton, Fla./Saint Lucie West Centennial) tossed the complete game shutout with eight strikeouts as the Giants completed the sweep.
The righty went the distance, allowing just six hits while walking one on 101 pitches. Â Hinkley forced nine flyouts and four groundouts.
Keystone scored on an error in the first while sophomore
RJ Gouldsbury (Throop, Pa./Mid Valley) provided an RBI groundout in the second.
Paniagua went 2-for-3 with a run while Hussein and junior
Joe Fichera (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac) went 1-for-3. Hussein is now at 99 career hits.
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