LA PLUME, Pa.- The Keystone College baseball team picked up two wins this afternoon as they defeated Penn College 7-2 and 6-3 Wednesday afternoon at Christy Mathewson Field.
Game One: Penn College 2, Keystone 7
Nate Ewing (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) led the way with two hits and three runs batted in. Chase Boyle (Millsboro, Del./Sussex Central) also had two hits as well.
Leam Powell (Phillipsport, N.Y./Chapel Field Christian) earned his third win of the season as he went eight innings where he allowed, two earned runs, and struck out five. Noah Parks (Maple Valley, Wash./Tahoma) appeared in the last frame and struck out two batters.
Keystone grabbed two runs at the bottom of the first as Ewing and Andy Rivas (Bronx, N.Y./Academy for Language and Technology) provided RBI base knocks. They added one run in the third off a wild pitch and another in the fourth off an fielding error.
The Wildcats scored their first run in the sixth off a groundout. Keystone would later add two runs in the seventh as Dante Ruby (Eynon, Pa./Valley View) had an RBI double followed by SAC fly by Jacob Yager (Grahamsville, N.Y./Tri-Valley). Penn College then snagged a run in the eighth and ninth but were unable to add more runs after that.
Game Two: Keystone 6, Penn College 3
Both teams were quiet offensively as the starting pitchers for each team were dealing. The Giants answered first in the bottom of the fifth as Ewing posted a two RBI single and Robert Estrada (Maracay, Venezuela/James J. Ferris) drew a bases load walk.
Keystone dropped two runs in the eighth inning as Boyle contributed with an RBI single and Cooper had a SAC bunt which was scored by Ian Scalabrini (Oakland, N.J./Don Bosco Prep). The Wildcats finally got in the score column with an RBI SAC fly. The Giants immediately responded in the ninth as Griffin Yastremski (Bath, N.Y./Haverling) launched his third home run of the year.
The Wildcats rallied in the bottom of the ninth with three runs, but Keystone was able to shut the door and complete the sweep.
Anthony Mierez (Granby, Conn./Rockville) earned his first win of 2025 as he tossed 5.1 innings and allowed only one hit, no runs, and six strikeouts. Adian Kee recorded his first career save.
What's Next
Keystone (17-6, 7-1 United East) heads to Hobart College tomorrow evening, First pitch is scheduled for 6 pm.