The Chesterton baseball team gave Crown Point all it could handle on Friday afternoon, but the undefeated Bulldogs scored four runs in the sixth inning and escaped with an 8-6 Duneland Athletic Conference victory.

Crown Point scored to take a 1-0 lead with a solo run in the bottom of the second before the Trojans added a solo run of their own in the third. Jack Wilson doubled and scored on an RBI single from Danny Detmar.

The Bulldogs (9-0, 5-0) again took the lead in the third with a solo run, but Chesterton again answered in the fourth inning with back-to-back home runs from Zack Novak and Jeremy Ross.

Again CP took the lead with a two-run home run by Jordan Lindeman and, again, the Trojans (7-3, 3-2) retook the lead with a two-run double by John Thanos in the top of the sixth.

Crown Point’s bats stayed hot as they used a couple of walks and three hits to tally four runs and put the Trojans away.

Crown Point 8, Chesterton 6

AT CROWN POINT

SCORING BY INNING

Chesterton 001 212 0 – 6 10 3

Crown Point 011 204 x – 8 7 0

2B – John Thanos, Jack Wilson (C); Josh Negele (CP). HR – Zack Novak, Jeremy Ross (C); Jordan Lindeman (CP). Pitching Summary – Chesterton – Kevin Gates (6 2/3 IP, 7 H, 7 BB, 4 K), Steve Janes (1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K); Crown Point – Mike Hernandez (5 IP, 9 H, 1 BB, 7 K), Mike Kozlowski (2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K). WP – Kozlowski. LP – Gates.

Junior Varsity

Chesterton 4, Crown Point 2

The Chesterton junior varsity scored three runs in the fifth inning and posted a 4-2 Duneland Athletic Conference victory over Crown Point.

Kyle Kerr struck out eight and scattered six hits in picking up the complete-game victory. Austin Cooley led the offense with a 2-for-4 day and four RBI’s.

Chesterton 4, Crown Point 2

AT CROWN POINT

SCORING BY INNING

Chesterton 100 030 0 -- 4 5 3

Crown Point 101 000 0 -- 2 6 1

Pitching Summary -- Chesterton -- Kyle Kerr (7 IP, 6 H, 8 K, 2 BB). WP -- Kerr.

Records -- Chesterton 3-4 (2-3 DAC), Crown Point 7-1 (4-1 DAC).

Posted 4/21/2008