The Chesterton baseball team improved to 8-3 overall and 4-2 in Duneland Athletic Conference play with a 5-1 victory over Michigan City on Tuesday.

The Trojans broke open a 1-1 game in the fifth inning with a pair of runs and added two more insurance runs in the seventh to give Dan Detmar his first win of the season.

Detmar threw 5 1/3 innings allowing six hits and striking out two. Glenn Peterson picked up the save by going 1 2/3 innings and striking out four.

Offensively, Jeremy Ross was 2-for-2 with a double to lead Chesterton. De’Andre Dukes and Ryan Lindquist also added a hit.

The Trojans return to the field on Thursday when they play LaPorte beginning at 6 p.m. at Railcats Stadium in Gary.

Chesterton 5, Michigan City 1

AT MICHIGAN CITY

SCORING BY INNINGS

Chesterton 010 020 2 -- 5 4 3

Michigan City 001 000 0 -- 1 6 1

2B -- Jeremy Ross (C). Pitching Summary -- Chesterton -- Dan Detmar (5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 2 K, 1 BB), Glenn Peterson (1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 4 K); Michigan City -- Pawloski (4 1/3 IP, 2 H, 6 BB, 3 K), Barnes (2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 3 K, 0 BB). WP -- Detmar (1-0). LP -- Pawloski. S -- Peterson.

Junior Varsity

Chesterton 17, Michigan City 6

The Chesterton junior varsity scored 10 runs in the seventh inning to blow open a close game and beat Michigan City 17-6 on Tuesday afternoon.

Austin Cooley led the offense with a 4-for-5 day including 5 RBI’s. Justin Jenks, Josh Hood and David Crownover all had two hits for the Trojans (4-4, 3-3).

Chesterton 17, Michigan City 6

AT MICHIGAN CITY

SCORING BY INNINGS

Chesterton 031 030 (10) -- 17 14 4

Michigan City 101 220 0 -- 6 4 3

Pitching Summary -- Chesterton -- Zack Rochowiak (5 IP, 4 H, 5 BB, 5 K), John Houseman (2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K). WP -- Rochowiak.

Posted 4/23/2008