Penn College’s baseball team faced a challenging dual defeat against Keystone College on Wednesday. Keystone secured victories in both games, winning the first 7-3 and the second 6-3. As a result, the Wildcats’ conference record fell to 7-3, with an overall record of 13-12. Keystone maintains its lead in the standings with a 7-1 conference record and 17-6 overall.
In the initial game, Keystone established an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, comfortably advancing to 4-0 by the fifth. The Wildcats managed to score in the sixth inning when Dallas Griess advanced and scored on an Ethan Stahl groundout. Keystone extended its lead by two more runs, and although Nathan Gustkey and Matt Munoz added scores later, the Wildcats fell short.
Notably, Griess and Shawn Townsend each had two hits, collectively responsible for all three runs scored by Penn College.
Game two had the Wildcats facing a 6-0 deficit. Townsend scored Jaiden Augustine in the eighth with a sacrifice fly. Efforts to rally in the ninth by Logan Hinnershitz and Augustine, who each achieved RBI hits, were halted by Keystone.
On the mound, McQwire Heverly struck out a season-high eight batters over 4.2 innings.
Penn College will look to regroup as they aim to improve their standing in the competitive United East baseball schedule.
