Big Third Inning Lifts Keystone to Victory at Susquehanna

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Selinsgrove, PA – Keystone College used a six-run third inning and got a complete game performance from Jesse Arnold (Port St. Lucie, FL/Treasure Coast) to earn a 9-4 victory over host Susquehanna University in non-conference baseball action on Wednesday afternoon at Susquehanna's Bollinger Field.  The Giants improve to 10-6 on the season while the Crusaders fall to 10-8 on the spring.
 
Susquehanna took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning when Bryan Palsi scored on a bunt single by Nick Kennedy, but Keystone countered with six runs – all coming with two outs - on five hits and one error while sending 12 batters to the plate.
 
Dylan Corl (Morrisdale, PA/West Branch ) singled home Gaston Rojas (Carmel, NY/Carmel) before crossing the plate on a base hit from Louis Reyes (Port St. Lucie, FL/Treasure Coast)Chris Bzozowski (Westampton, NJ/Bishop Eustace) and Nate Ross (Albuquerque, NM/La Cueva) followed with two-run singles each to give the Giants a 6-1 advantage.
 
The Crusaders got a run back in the bottom half of the frame on a Dylan Jenkins reached on a fielder's choice and the hosts made it a 6-4 game the following inning as Kennedy scored on a passed ball before Josh Climino came home on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Justin Cassinelli. 
 
Keystone closed out the scoring with three runs in the visitor's seventh.  Kevin Luciano (Everett, MA/Cambridge Rindge and Latin School) scored on an RBI single to left by Cody Darley (Port St. Lucie, FL/Treasure Coast) before Eduardo Familia (Bronx, NY/Collegio Utesianode Estudios Integrados) delivered a two-run hit through the left side that brought in Ross and Bzozowski.
 
Arnold improved to 2-1 on the mound on the season with the complete game, allowing nine hits while striking out three batters on the afternoon.  All four runs charged to Arnold were unearned.
 
Reyes and Ross had two hits apiece to lead Keystone's offense with Bzozowski and Ross knocking in a pair of run apiece.  Luciano scored two runs for the Giants, who outhit the Crusaders 11-9 for the game.
 
Zach Leone and Taylor Luckenbill had two hits apiece to lead Susquehanna, who used six different pitchers in the loss.
 
Keystone will be right back in action on Thursday afternoon with a non-conference doubleheader against Farmingdale State College that is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. on Keystone's Christy Mathewson Field.