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LA PLUME, Pa.- The Immaculata University baseball team was making their first-ever appearance in the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Championship game on Sunday in need of two wins to claim their first crown in team history, but the No. 2 Mighty Macs (23-21) fell to No. 1 Keystone, 17-7, to end their 2016 season.
 
The Mighty Macs had a big season, reaching their highest seed in team history and setting a new program record for victories in a season.
 
In today's contest, the game was close into the fifth inning until Keystone exploded for 10 runs to take an insurmountable lead.
 
Junior left fielder Jason McCormick polished off his huge third season by going 3-for-5 with two runs scored, a double, and a triple.  He finished the season with 55 runs scored, shattering the previous record of 38, and he fell just one hit shy of the single season team record for hits with 56.
 
In his final game as a Mighty Mac, senior Mike Lascomb (2-for-3, 2 R, BB, 2 RBI) had a multi-hit game as did junior designated hitter Matt Simon (2-for-4, 2 RBI).
 
Sophomore Eddie Decker got the ball for IU and worked around trouble in the first inning as the Giants loaded the bases with one out, but a foul out and a strikeout ended the threat.  The Giants did cash in during their second inning to take a 2-0 lead early on.
 
Offensively, the Macs struggled to get going, but finally did in their half of the fourth.  Lascomb lined a single to right and he moved to second on a wild pitch.  A fly out to left field moved him to third, and junior right fielder Howie Kalamets (1-for-4, R, RBI, HBP, SB) was then hit by a pitch to put runners on the corners with one out. Simon then dribbled an infield single which scored Lascomb to cut the deficit in half at 2-1 and put runners on the corners again.  Following a strikeout, Simon broke for second on a delayed steal and when the throw went to second base, Kalamets swiped home to tie the game at 2-2.
 
The game did not stay tied for long as Keystone plated the go-ahead run on a wild pitch to lead 3-2 through four innings.
 
The Macs threatened in the fifth on a two-out double by McCormick and walk by Lascomb, but a fly out to left ended the inning.  The Giants then broke out in the fifth with 10 runs to blow the game open at 13-2.  They sent 14 hitters to the plate, faced three different pitchers, and had six hits to go with three walks in the big inning.
 
The score held at 13-2 before the Macs built a comeback effort in the seventh by sending 10 men to the plate.  Sophomore second baseman Brad Misialek (R, BB) walked to lead off the inning and moved to second on a single through the left side by senior Rick DiDomenico (1-for-5).  Following a fielder's choice, Lascomb singled through the left side to score Misialek and make it 13-3.  A single by junior catcher Ryan Tecco (1-for-5, R) to center field loaded the bases, which lead to back-to-back RBI singles by Kalamets and Simon, and an RBI walk by senior shortstop Ryan Ficca (2 BB, RBI) to make it 13-6.
 
Keystone got the run back in the seventh on a home run to extend the advantage back to 14-6.
 
McCormick would score the final run of the season for IU in the eighth after tripling to center field and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Lascomb.  Keystone finished off the scoring in the game with a three-run home run in the eighth.