BY CLIFF SMELLEY
Keystone Heights High School’s baseball team saw its season come to an end with a 9-0 loss to visiting Bishop Snyder in the second game of a best-of-three Region 1-2A quarterfinal series on April 22.
The seventh seed Indians (19-9) were held to one hit by pitcher Cole Dennis, who gave up only one walk, while striking out eight through six innings.
Second seed Bishop Snyder (22-6) got its first run in the second inning off an Evan Pieklo single with two outs and increased its lead to 2-0 by scoring on a wild pitch in the third inning.
The Cardinals scored three runs in the sixth, with Murray driving in two on a two-out double.
Bishop Snyder added its final four runs in the seventh, getting a run-scoring double from Tristan Silver and a three-run homer from Illias Mamea.
The Cardinals advance to a semifinal series against third seed Bozeman or sixth seed Bolles.
