AUBURN, N.Y. – In game seven of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, Auburn, N.Y. Regional, #3 seed Keystone (22-6) held a 6-0 lead going into the eighth inning, however, #6 seed Merchant Marine Academy (18-4) pushed seven runs across the final two innings, sending the Giants home in a heartbreaker, 7-6.
  
In the bottom of the first, Keystone opened the scoring thanks to an RBI single by senior Adam Kelly (Beach Lake, Pa./Honesdale) to make it 1-0.
 
The Giants lead grew to 3-0 on an RBI single by junior Vince Montone (Oak Ridge, N.J./Jefferson Township) in the third inning and a run scoring on a Mariners error in the fourth.
 
In the bottom of the sixth, the Giants added two more runs of insurance, by way of an RBI double by sophomore Derrick Cancel (Orlando, FLA.) and a sacrifice fly by freshman Bobby Pokorney (Margate, Fla./J.P. Taravella).
 
Senior Nick Carlini (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) scored the run to make it 6-0 Keystone in the eighth, on a sacrifice fly by junior RJ Gouldsbury (Throop, Pa./Mid Valley).
 
Merchant Marine Academy, despite a 6-0 deficit in the bottom of the eighth, pushed four runs across to cut the Giant lead to 6-4.
 
In the ninth inning, the Mariners loaded the bases against freshman Nick Gravel (Sidney, N.Y.) and tied the game 6-6.
 
After a strikeout by Gravel, with the bases loaded again and one out, a balk was called on Gravel that seemingly ended the game.
 
Upon review of the call some minutes later, the umpires elected to reverse the balk call and the teams took the field again.
 
After the confusion and restart of the game, the Mariners saw just one pitch and won the contest on a walk-off sacrifice fly, 7-6.
 
Freshman Julian Gonzalez (Bayonne, N.J.) got the start for the Giants, and threw 7+ strong innings, allowing four runs, four hits, three walks and struck out two.
 
Senior Matt Tarabola (Fort Lee, N.J./Fort Lee) threw a scoreless inning, striking out one, but it was freshman Nick Gravel (Sidney, N.Y.) taking the loss, pitching 2/3 of an inning, allowing three runs, three hits, two walks and struck out one. The runs were the first Gravel had allowed all season.
 
Ben Kane started for Merchant Marine Academy and allowed three runs (two earned), six hits, a walk and three strikeouts in five innings of work.
 
Andrew Hunt also allowed three runs and five hits, before Quinton Heck took home the win, shutting the door on the Giants, allowing just two hits in 1 1/3 innings.

The season comes to an end for Keystone and it finishes with a 22-6 mark and a fourth place finish in the Auburn, N.Y. Regional. Another fantastic season for the Giants, as they earned their 16th consecutive conference championship.