DAVENPORT, Fla. – Hamilton College's
Jackson Sattinger '24 drove in two runs with two doubles and the Continentals posted an 8-3 non-conference win against the Keystone College Giants at Northeast Regional Park on Sunday.
Hamilton (2-6 overall) snapped the Giants' six-game win streak. The Continentals are back in action with a non-conference doubleheader against St. Lawrence University at Northeast Regional Park on Monday, March 20. The first pitch is set for 2:30 p.m.
How It Happened
- Hamilton jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first frame on three hits. Phil Bernstein '23 and Ethan Harrast '23 led off with back-to-back singles and Greg Kopp '25 put them in scoring position with a sacrifice bunt. Sattinger scored Bernstein and Harrast with a ground-rule double.
- After a scoreless second, third and fourth inning, the Continentals tacked on another pair of runs in the fifth. Kopp singled and advanced to third on Sattinger's second ground-rule double. Jack Griffin '24 scored Kopp with a single and Sattinger stole home as part of a double steal.
- The Giants found one run in the top of the sixth on three hits.
- The Continentals had a big inning in the bottom half with four runs on just one hit and two Keystone errors. Three walks and a hit batsman helped Hamilton's cause.
- Keystone plated its final two runs in the seventh on a hit, three walks and a hit batsman.
- Hamilton's relief pitching was strong down the stretch as the Continentals allowed two singles in the last two innings.
Notes
- Sattinger already has four doubles in eight games.
- Harrast and Kopp tallied two hits apiece.
- Taylor Kaufman '26 and Shane Dux '24 registered singles.
- Sattinger picked up his first win of the season. He allowed just two hits and one walk in three innings.
- Eddie Taylor '25 had an impressive relief outing with four strikeouts in three innings pitched.
- Daniel Jirgal '26 struck out two in a scoreless eighth inning.
- Robert Estrada led the Giants at the plate with four hits.
- The Giants' pitching combined for six strikeouts.
- Keystone, a member of the Colonial States Athletic Conference, moved to 6-5 overall.