La PLUME, Pa. – The Keystone College baseball team outscored visiting Clarks Summit 42-4 in Saturday's CSAC doubleheader as the program celebrated Senior Day.
The team honored
Anthony Ferrezza (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip),
Mohammed Hussein (Queens, NY/William C. Bryant),
Johann Paniagua (Bronx, NY/James Monroe Campus High School),
Luke McDonagh (Carmel, NY/Carmel),
Chris Panzarella (Hazle Township, Pa./Hazleton Area),
Dakota McFadden (Rocky Point, NC/Heide Trask),
Ronald Medina (Bronx, NY/Dewitt Clinton),
Christopher Adams (Brooklyn, NY/Franklin K. Lane) and
Wandy Brito (Reading, Pa./Reading).
With the wins, the Giants are now 22-13 (14-1 CSAC) and will head to the University of Scranton to take on the Royals as well as Susquehanna University. The Defenders drop to 7-26 (3-12 CSAC).
Game One: Keystone 10, Clarks Summit 3
The Giants finished with nine hits in the opener and scored five runs in the fourth.
Paniagua finished 3-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored while Medina went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Junior
Ryan Callahan (Highland Mills, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury) came through with one RBI while Hussein and Ferrezza both drove in one run.
On the hill, sophomore
Conrad Holbrook (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) earned the win, tossing 5 2/3 innings allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out three and walking two.
Freshman
Patrick Adamski (Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) tossed 1 1/3 innings, striking out one.
Game Two: Keystone 32, Clarks Summit 1
The Giants exploded for 15 runs in the first inning and added six in the third and 10 more in the fourth frame. Keystone enjoyed 24 hits and took advantage of seven Defender errors.
Junior
Nick Carlini (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) and freshman
Chris Hadsall (Lehman, Pa./Lake Lehman) both enjoyed four hits and five RBI each with Carlini launching a two-run homer in the third.
McFadden went 3-for-5 with seven RBI and five runs scored, including a grand slam in the first and a solo shot in the second.
Freshman
Devin Reed (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton Area) went 3-for-5 with three RBI and five runs while sophomore
Chris Ammirati (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) went 3-for-6 with four RBI. Junior
Manuel Rojas (Bronx, N.Y./Eagle Academy) finished 2-for-2 with two RBI.
On the hill, junior
Matt Tarabola (Fort Lee, N.J./Fort Lee) earned the win. Adams, McDonagh, junior
Zabdiel Parilla (Reading, Pa./Reading), sophomore
Sam Beadle (Canton, Conn./Canton), freshman
Jordan Montes (Tampa, Fla./Sickles), junior
Evan Plante (Albany, N.Y./Christian Brothers) and Brito all appeared in relief.