Brandywine Knocks Off Schuylkill 5-3; Remains Alive In PSUAC Tournament

FAYETTEVILLE, Pennsylvania – Second-seeded Penn State Brandywine avoided elimination in the PSUAC Baseball Tournament after rallying to defeat No. 5 Penn State Schuylkill 5-3 on Thursday morning.

With the victory, Brandywine faces No. 3 Beaver at 12:30 on Thursday in another elimination game.

Already leading 1-0, Schuylkill used a pair of RBI singles to increase its lead to 3-0 after three innings.

Gabe Encarnacion (Glenolden, Pa./Interboro) crossed home with Brandywine's first run after scoring on Anthony Bianchini's (Long Island, N.Y./Long Beach) base hit in the bottom of the third.

John Gorgone (Ridley, Pa./Ridley) led off the fourth with a double and came around to score on Keenan's single. Keenan knotted the score at 3-3 after stealing second and third and scoring on a throwing error.

Brandywine put together a two-out rally to take the lead in the fifth. Bianchini got it started with a single and Evan Cline (Swarthmore, Pa./Strath Haven) reached on an error. After Gorgone loaded the bases with a single, Keenan delivered a two-run base hit to put Brandywine in front.

Brian Bosco (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) made the two-run lead stand up as he pitched four scoreless innings of relief and earned the win. Bosco allowed just two base runners and one hit, while striking out two.

Keenan recorded two hits and drove in three, while Gorgone went 3-for-3 at the plate. Both stole two bases.