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Keystone 17, Gwynedd Mercy 8
2014 CSAC Tournament


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LAPLUME, PA. -- A season-high six errors led to10 unearned runs as Gwynedd Mercy suffered a 17-9 loss at Keystone in a winner's bracket game on Thursday.

The Griffins (19-17-1) will now take on Immaculata again on Friday in Gwynedd Valley at 2 p.m. in an elimination game. The Mighty Macs took out Neumann, 12-1, in an elimination game to remain alive. The Giants get a bye and will await the winner of Friday's game in the championship series on Saturday.

Senior John Burns (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI's as the teams traded blows in the early innings. His double in the first plated Dante Cassano (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) for a 1-0 lead. Keystone answered with a two-run Gaston Rojas homerun and a sac fly from Dominick Montanaro in the second. Cassano would go deep for a two-run shot of his own in the third to knot it at 3-3 before an RBI single in the bottom of the frame put the Giants back on top, 4-3.

After a Giant run in the sixth, Gwynedd used seven hits to score five runs in the seventh to take an 8-6 edge. GM would chase out Keystone starter Darren Lauer but leave the frame with the bases loaded.

But in the bottom half, the Giants (26-12) took advantage of three Griffin errors to score five runs of their own on three hits and a hit by pitch to lead 11-8.
An RBI double from Tom Bordi (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern) in the eighth made it a two-run game. But the Giants pulled away for good as Lymbel Guerrero's grand slam was part of a six-run frame.

Cassano scored three times while going 2-for-4 with two RBI's and a hit by pitch. Greg Brooks (Voorhees, N.J./St. Joseph's Prep Pa.) added a career-high four hits and an RBI. Guerrero was officially 2-for-5 with three runs and four runs knocked in.

Beau Fleming (Levittown, Pa./Conwell-Egan) took the loss after entering in the seventh for starter Matt Rakus (Sewell, N.J./Washington Twp.).