Boyertown, PA (5-6-12) – Blaine O'Brien (Scituate,
MA/Scituate) worked seven and a-third innings and CSAC Player of
the Year Esteban Meletiche (Philadelphia, PA/Frankford ) kick
started the Keystone offense, as the Giants breezed by Neumann
University 10-3 to win their fourth straight Colonial States
Athletic Conference baseball title.
Meletiche also added some my hardware to his collection by taking
home tournament MVP honors for his play.
Third ranked Keystone, which earns the conference's automatic bid
to the NCAA Division III tournament, moves to 35-5 on the year,
while Neumann falls to 30-13.
Keystone will now wait until late next weekend to learn their
regional seeding and where they will play, as the Giants look to a
possible return to the Division III World Series.
O'Brien allowed three runs on five hits while striking out nine as
the senior continued his standout campaign.
Meletiche wrapped up the day with a two for three day, which
included a double, scoring twice and driving in one.
Miquel Castano (Miami, FL/Miami Springs) had a three hit
afternoon, scoring twice as Keystone knocked out 10 hits.
Chris Bzozowski (Westampton, NJ/Bishop Eustace) doubled as part of
his two hit day, as the designated hitter also drove in three.
Lymbel Guerrero (Lynn, MA/Lynn Classical) and Gaston Rojas
(Carmel, NY/Carmel) homered and drove in a pair.
Keystone showed up ready to play, scoring four times in the
opening inning. Three-time conference Player of the Year
Meletiche led off things with a hustle double down the leftfield
line and came around to score when Bzozowski doubled to deep
right-center for a quick 1-0 lead.
Guerrero became the third straight Keystone player to reach base,
depositing a ball deep over the leftfield fence for a 3-0
lead. The Giants made it 4-0 in the first frame after Jhon
Comas (Yonkers, NY/Gregorio Luperon) led off with a walk, stole
second, advance to third on a wild pitch and scored on another wild
pitch.
The Giants tacked on another run in second as Meletiche singled
home Castano who singled and stole second. O'Brien worked out
of trouble in the top half, stranding runners on second and
third.
Neumann broke onto the board in the third as Bill Pace singled to
lead off the inning and came around to score on a RBI
groundout.
The fourth inning saw the Giants put up a three spot with Comas
scoring the first run when Castano singled to left and the fielder
had trouble handling the ball. Bzozowski picked up another
pair of RBI with a two out single to left that plated Castano and
Meletiche.
Keystone hit double digits in the fifth inning as Gaston Rojas
(Carmel, NY/Carmel) deposited a towering shot over the leftfield
fence to score Comas as well for a 10-1 advantage. Neumann
would take advantage of four Keystone walks in inning number eight,
scoring two, but a heads up play by the Giants resulted in an
unconventional double play to prevent further damage.
May 6, 2012
Keystone caps CSAC four-peat
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