BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Keystone Heights High School’s baseball team won two more games after defeating Bradford (see related story) to move to 9-1 on the season.
The Indians (9-1) haven’t lost since their season opener against Clay.
On March 20, the Indians built a 7-0 lead en route to defeating host Ridgeview 8-5.
Keystone scored two runs each in the first, third and fifth innings. Connor Guy, who went 3 for 3, hit an RBI triple in the first, while Brady Kerlin had the highlight in the third, hitting a bases-loaded single that scored two. One of the fifth-inning runs came on a two-out single by Aiden Screen.
Austin Smith, who went 2 for 3, hit an RBI double in the seventh.
Starting pitcher Austin Musgrove gave up two runs, five hits and one walk in five innings. He had seven strikeouts.
Gage Barry pitched a complete game on March 21, allowing four hits and striking out four in the Indians’ 5-2 win over host Yulee.
It was a scoreless game until Keystone pushed three runs across in the top of the third. Ty Mitzel hit a leadoff double, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on Alex Addington’s ground ball. With two outs, Guy and Musgrove reached on a walk and a single, respectively, before the Hornets committed an error on a ground ball hit by Smith, which scored Guy. Kerlin then hit an RBI single to make it 3-0.
Addington hit an RBI single in the fourth, which scored Tallon Campbell, who reached on a leadoff double.
Musgrove, who went 2 for 4, hit an RBI single in the sixth.
Keystone will host Williston on Tuesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. and will host Orange Park on Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m. The Indians host Palatka on Friday, March 29, at 7 p.m. and then travel to play Middleburg on Tuesday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m.
