ANNVILLE, Pa. – Kyle Kingsbury became the Lebanon Valley College baseball's leader in career strikeouts and Max Kaplan scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth on a sacrifice fly to give the Dutchmen a thrilling 3-2 victory over Susquehanna University on Saturday in the team's first game of the year at McGill Field.
 
Kingsbury entered the game needing only five strikeouts to tie the record of 178 recorded by Steve Anspach between 1999 and 2002. He needed just two innings to reach that mark before ending the top of the third with his record-breaking 179th career strikeout.
 
The Dutchmen (6-5) took an early lead off the bat of Kaplan as the outfielder blasted a shot that just got over the wall in left-center on the second pitch he saw. The River Hawks (3-10) rallied for two runs in the eighth to take the lead. LVC fought right back in the bottom of the inning to tie the game setting up the ninth-inning heroics.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Kingsbury finished with nine strikeouts to give him 25 on the year and 182 for his career. The senior kept the River Hawks off balance all game until being relieved with two runners on and one out in the eight. He threw 98 pitches and allowed just one earned run on one hit, three walks, and a hit-by-pitch.
• Max Kaplan was the lone Dutchman with multiple hits on the day and scored two runs. He beat out a slow grounder to third in the ninth and then advanced to second on a throwing error. Three batters later, Justin Ranker drove him in with a deep fly to right.
• Nico Santoro scored the tying run in the eight after making his way around the base paths and scoring on a wild pitch with two outs.
• Jacob Horton earned his first collegiate win out of the pen with a strong 1.2 innings in his third appearance. He struck out two and didn't allow a base runner.
• The Dutchmen improved to 74-35 all-time against Susquehanna and now have won six of the last eight meetings dating back to 2010. 

Who's Next
LVC will be back at McGill Field on Sunday with a doubleheader against Vassar College. The first pitch of game one is scheduled for 12 p.m. in Annville. The Brewers came back to defeat Susquehanna 14-13 in the second game on McGill Field Saturday afternoon.

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