SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Keystone baseball team fell on the road to Susquehanna, 9-6, Thursday afternoon in non-conference play at Harold Bollinger Field.

After an early 2-0 lead by the Giants, the River Hawks scored the winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning on a series of deemed Keystone pitching miscues.

After relief pitcher Julian Gonzalez (Bayonne, N.J./Bayonne) got out No. 1 with the lead-off batter fouling out to third base, Susquehanna's Brock Veit got on base with a full count-single to center field. After a wild pitch moved Veit over a base, Gonzalez was called with consecutive balks to bring Veit home for the score.

Susquehanna plated two more runs in the fifth for a three-run lead. The Giants' Vince Montone (Oak Ridge, N.J./Jefferson Township) got a run back on an RBI double the ensuing inning, but the River Hawks plated another run in the bottom frame.

Julio Acosta (Elizabeth, N.J./Hudson Catholic) and Chris Hadsall (Lehman, Pa./Lake Lehman) drove in two more runs in the top of the seventh to make it a one-score game, but the River Hawks once again matched the Giants by scoring a pair of runs to re-extend their lead and reach the eventual final arithmetic of 9-6.

Keystone fell to 12-14 overall while Susquehanna improved to 12-16.

Inside The Box Score

• Bobby Pokorney (Margate, Fla./J.P. Taravella) led the Giants with a 3-for-4 day and two RBIs batting out of the seventh spot. The sophomore drove in the second run of the game in the second inning followed by an RBI single for the equalizing third run to make it a 3-3 score in the fourth. The shortstop also had two putouts and two assists.
• Third baseman Chris Hadsall (Lehman, Pa./Lake Lehman) had a pair of putouts with three assists and drove in a run on a sacrifice fly.
• Brayan Villar (West Orange, N.J./Belleville) made his third pitching appearance with his third start of the season, going 3.0 innings with no decision on record.
• Nick Gravel (Sidney, N.Y./Sidney) was second out the bullpen for the Giants, finishing up the game with 3.0 innings of work while notching five strikeouts.
• Susquehanna sophomore Brice Gregory picked up the win on the rubber, coming in for relief in the top of the fifth inning to deliver just two pitches and inducing a 6-4-3 inning-ending double play.
• Veit and Evan Knapp led the River Hawks at the plate with both players going 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored.

What's Next

• Keystone will return to Colonial States Athletic Conference play with a doubleheader Saturday, April 23 against Clarks Summit (1-20 overall, 1-7 CSAC). The games will be played at Scranton High School.
• The Giants' scheduled home game this past Tuesday against Misericordia (21-11 overall, 11-4 MAC Freedom) will now be played Monday, April 25.
• Susquehanna will return to Landmark Conference play with a home three-game series against Moravian (18-13 overall, 5-6 Landmark).
• Keystone and Moravian will play Thursday, April 28 at Christy Mathewson Field.
• The four-team CSAC Championships will begin play in two weeks on Friday, May 6.