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BSB - Fallers
8
Winner Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 8-11
7
Keystone KEYSTONE 11-5
Winner
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST.
8-11
8
Final
7
Keystone KEYSTONE
11-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 8 9 5
Keystone KEYSTONE 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 7 10 4

W: Lynch, Owen (4-1) L: D. Byler (0-2)

4
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 8-12
11
Winner Keystone KEYSTONE 12-5
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST.
8-12
4
Final
11
Keystone KEYSTONE
12-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn St.-Abington PENN ST. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 2
Keystone KEYSTONE 3 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 X 11 15 3

W: L. Powell (1-0) L: Nasti, Mike (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Abington Splits with Nationally Ranked Keystone

La Plume, Pa. – The Penn State Abington baseball team split a United East Conference (UEC) doubleheader against nationally ranked No. 23 Keystone College on Saturday afternoon at Christy Mathewson Field.  The Nittany Lions won the opener by the score of 8-7, but the Giants bounced back with an 11-4 victory in game two.  Abington is now 2-2 in the United East after the split.
 
GM1 Score: Penn State Abington 8, Keystone 7
WP: Owen Lynch (3-0) | LP: Dylan Byler (0-2)
GM2 Score: Keystone 11, Penn State Abington 4
WP: Leam Powell (1-0) | LP: Mike Nasti (1-3)
Records: Penn State Abington (8-12, 2-2 UEC) | Keystone (12-5, 3-1 UEC)
Location: La Plume, Pa. (Mathewson Field)
 
How It Happened (Game 1)
 
* Senior Jake Fallers hit two clutch home runs in the game for his first career multi-homer game.  His solo home run in the fourth gave Abington a 3-2 advantage.  Fallers then homered in the seventh; this time a two-run homer that gave the Nittany Lions a 7-3 lead. 
 
* Keystone cut the deficit down to 7-5 with two runs in the eighth thanks to a two-run hit by Jacob Yager.
 
* In the top half of the ninth, Abington took advantage of a throwing error by the Giants.  With junior Cory DiMario on second, senior Gaetan Grandelli dropped down a bunt that he beat out at first.  On the play, DiMario scored from second taking advantage of the Keystone miscue. 
 
* The run in the ninth by the Nittany Lions turned out to be the most important run of the game as the Giants' Andy Rivas connected on a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning to make it an 8-7 game. However, sophomore James Torpey, who entered the game in relief in the seventh, got the next two batters to pop out to end the inning and secure the win for the Nittany Lions.
 
Inside the Box Score (Game 1)
 
* Fallers finished the game 3-for-3 with four runs and three RBI.  He also reached base twice on walks.  His two home runs now give him five on the year.
 
* Senior Garrett Garofalo also had a three-hit game as he went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
 
* Senior Owen Lynch (3-0) picked up his third victory of the season as he went 6.2 innings allowing just one earned run.  He finished the game with two strikeouts.
 
* For Keystone, Rivas went 3-for-3 with three runs and three RBI.
 
How It Happened (Game 2)
 
* Abington took an early 1-0 lead after taking advantage of a Keystone fielding error with two outs in the inning.  With the bases loaded, senior Josh McGee reached base after his grounder to third was misplayed allowing all runners to advance on the play.  Senior Shane Fillman, who earlier in the inning reached on an infield hit, scored from third. 
 
* The Abington lead was erased in the bottom of the first when Rivas hit his second home run on the day with a three-run shot over the left field fence. 
 
* Leading 3-1, the Giants increased their lead with three runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Rivas struck again with a two-run double down the left field line to drive in two.  He later scored on a base hit by Carlos Pascual.
 
* The Giants added another run in the fifth and three more in the sixth to increase their lead to 10-1.
 
* Abington scored three runs in the top half of the eighth as Fallers drove in Grandelli for the team's first run of the inning with a sacrifice fly.  Three batters later, junior Paul Figueroa recorded a run scoring hit as sophomore Donato Incollingo scored on the play.  Freshman Bobby Keck followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Fallers.
 
Inside the Box Score (Game 2)
 
* Grandelli finished the game with a three-hit performance as he went 3-for-4 with a run and a walk.
 
* Fillman also had a multi-hit game as he finished 2-for-5 with a run.
 
* For Keystone, Rivas went 2-for-3 with three runs and five RBI, while Nate Ewing went 3-for-4 with three runs. Leam Powell earned the win after going five innings and allowing one unearned run.  He finished with three strikeouts.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the first-ever meeting between Abington and Keystone.
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Wednesday, April 2 as the Nittany Lions host Penn State Brandywine in a United East contest.  First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at Alverthorpe Park.

 
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