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DOVER, Del. - Stevenson University baseball
senior Wade Keenan (Eldersburg/Liberty) limited
third-seeded Wesley to just six hits while striking out seven in
leading the fourth-seeded Mustangs to a 6-5 come-from-behind
victory Thursday at Bob Reed Field in the first round of the CAC
Baseball Championship.
Of Thursday's three tournament games, Stevenson (15-18) was
the only road team to gain a first round win as it erased a
4-2 deficit and held off a ninth-inning rally to advance to
Friday's second round matchup at York (Pa.).
Keenan totaled 155 pitches over eight innings while
overcoming three extra base hits, including a three-run homer and
six walks in picking up his team-leading fourth win.
Senior Griffin Stewart (Reisterstown/Bel Air),
junior George Papuchis (Damascus/Good
Counsel) and sophomore Chris Maienshein
(Finksburg/Westminster) each had two hits for the
Mustangs.
Freshman Justin Anderson (Shrewsbury, Pa./Calvert
Hall) also hit first career home run, a solo shot in the
seventh.
Stewart reached on an error in the eighth and scored on a
Maienshein fielder's choice for what proved to be the game-winning
run as Stevenson took a 6-4 lead.
Stu Madden, who led of the bottom of the ninth with a
triple to center, scored on an RBI ground out by Grant Morlock
before Mustang sophomore Steve Krider
(Westminster/Westminster) picked up his first career save
after getting Geoff Kimmel to pop up to shortstop to end the game.
Kimmel had three of Wesley's six hits as he went 3-for-5 with
four RBIs, including a three-run homer in the third that gave the
Wolverines a 4-2 lead. Madden scored two runs for the hosts
who will look to avoid elimination when they travel to top-seeded
and No. 2-ranked Salisbury on Friday.
Meanwhile, Stevenson will head to second-seeded York
(Pa.) on Friday looking for its third win
in four games this season with the Spartans. First pitch is at
3:30 p.m.
