The Chesterton baseball bats woke up on Thursday in a victory at Valparaiso and continued to roll on Friday as they beat Michigan City 15-3.

The Trojans pounded out 15 hits and scored seven first inning runs to pick up the Duneland Athletic Conference victory.

Offensively, Justin Jenks and KJ Zelenika were each 4-for-4. Jenks scored three times and had two RBI’s to go along with a home run, while Zelenika had a double and four RBI’s.

Zach Rochowiak was 3-for-3 with a double, triple, three RBI’s and scored twice. JR Frederick added a two-run double.

Jake Post pitched all five innings for Chesterton and scattered six hits, while recording eight strikeouts in the win.

SCORING BY INNINGS

Chesterton 706 20 -- 15 15 0

Michigan City 102 00 -- 3 6 0

2B -- KJ Zelenika, Zach Rochowiak, JR Frederick ©; Coursel (MC). 3B -- Zach Rochowiak ©. HR -- Justin Jenks ©. Pitching Summary -- Chesterton -- Jake Post (5 IP, 6 H, 8 K, 2 BB); Michigan City -- Roy (2 1/3 IP, 8 H, 2 K, 5 BB), Smith (2 2/3 IP, 7 H, 0 K, 0 BB). WP -- Post. LP -- Roy.