MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - A ninth-inning rally fell just short for the Keystone College baseball team on Saturday, as the Giants fell to the University of Mary Washington 7-6 at the Ripken Experience.

Keystone (0-3) will face the Eagles (8-5) tomorrow at 9 a.m. to wrap-up the South Carolina trip.

Kyle Whitaker (Woodstock, Md./McDonogh) blasted a two-run homer in the fourth to bring the Giants within one, 3-2. Whitaker finished the day with three RBI.

Wynston Dyer (Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley) launched a pinch-hit three-run homer in the ninth to again bring Keystone within one, 7-6. The Giants loaded the bases with two outs but the Eagles got out of the jam to end the game.

Robert Estrada (Jersey City, N.J./Ferris) and Chris Hadsall (Lehman, Pa./Lake Lehman) both went 3-for-5 with a double apiece.

Dominic Verrastro (Scott Township, Pa./Lakeland) and Slothing Che (Santo Domingo, D.R./Instituto Tecnologico Fabio Amable Mota) combined for seven strikeouts while Logan Lixie (Tamarac, Fla./J.P. Taravella) threw two innings in relief.

For UMW, Brendan McComber struck out 11 in 7.2 innings. Xavier Herring scored three times while Jacob Christenbury drew four walks.