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Black’s Two Home Runs Not Enough
April 30, 2009
Junior Ted Black belted two home runs.
The Keuka baseball team suffered two losses to the Hawks of Hilbert College despite a power display put on by junior first basemen Ted Black (Turin, N.Y./South Lewis). The Storm lost game one 10-5 and game two 7-1. Keuka falls to 5-23 overall.
Keuka got off to a good start as they scored two in the top of the first, highlighted by Black’s first of two, two-run homers. Hilbert answered with two in the bottom half of the inning before plating seven in the bottom of the sixth. Black would belt his second homer in the top of the seventh but it was to little to late. Hilbert belted 16 hits while Keuka ripped eight. Junior Simon Mills (Boonville, N.Y./Adirondack) received the loss while allowing three earned in five innings with five K’s. Black finished 2-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs scored while senior Ed Schoeneck (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) went 3-for-4.
In game two, Hilbert jumped out to a 2-0 lead and the scored five in the bottom of the sixth. Junior Rob Crowley (Attica, N.Y./Attica) pitched 5.1 innings while allowing just two earned with two strikeouts. Rookie Anthony Zaia (Phoenix, N.Y./Phoenix) batted 2-for-3 with an RBI as Keuka finished with just five hits total.
The Storm will next finish up its rain shorted game against Penn State-Berks from March 29. The game will be played on Monday, April 27 beginning at 4 pm.
