WINCHESTER, Va. – Keystone baseball team wrapped up the Mr. V Memorial Classic slate Sunday after dropping a 15-3 affair to No. 18 Shenandoah at Bridgeforth Field.

Giants jumped on the board early with Adam Kelly (Beach Lake, Pa./Honesdale) taking the first-pitch offering and driving it to left-center field to bring Chris Hadsall (Lehman, Pa./Lake Lehman) around for a 1-0 lead in the first inning.

The score remained until the bottom of the second when Shenandoah's Brody Pickette slammed a three-run opposite-field home run to start the scoring for the Hornets.

Logan Lixie (Tamarac, Fla./J.P. Taravella) got the nod on the mound for the Giants and went 5.0 innings with two strikeouts but allowed eight hits and eight earned runs in his first loss of the season.

Keystone dropped to 1-5 on the year while Shenandoah improved to 10-2.

Outstanding Performers

• Kelly finished as one of only two Keystone players to have a multi-hit outing, going 2 for 4 with a double and one RBI. The left fielder also recorded three fly-outs.
• Jason Thomas (Miami, Fla./Barbara Goleman) went 2 for 4 at the plate and drove in two runs in the seventh inning on a first-pitch gapper to right-center field for a double.
• Shenandoah's Pickette finished the day 3 for 4 with two five RBIs, one home run and two runs scored.
• Designated hitter Sam Horn drove in four runs for the Hornets, three of them coming on a bases-clearing triple in the sixth inning on his lone hit of the game.

What's Next

• Keystone will continue south for the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational for eight games (plus three JV contests) over nine days through March 16 — highlighted by a March 11 matchup with No. 11 Rowan.
• Shenandoah wrapped up the Mr. V Memorial Classic with a Sunday afternoon game against Oswego State. The Hornets will start conference play Tuesday.