It was the pitcher’s duel that everyone expected for three innings, but the Lake Central bats awoke and ran away with an 8-1 Duneland Athletic Conference victory over Chesterton on Tuesday.

The Indians opened the scoring in the fourth inning when three singles loaded the bases. One of three Chesterton errors on the night, turned into two runs and an early Lake Central lead.

After getting the first two outs in the fifth, a walk, two singles and a double resulted in three more LC runs. Three more in the sixth pushed the lead to 8-0.

The Trojans tried to mount a seventh inning rally as Kevin Jones picked up a two-out single. JR Frederick’s single into right field scored Jones all the way from first, but it was too little, too late.

SCORING BY INNINGS

Chesterton 000 000 1 -- 1 2 3

Lake Central 000 233 x -- 8 8 0

2B -- Fieldhouse, Mantel (LC). Pitching Summary -- Chesterton -- Jake Post (5 IP, 7 H, 3 K, 1 BB), Kevin Jones (1 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB); Lake Central -- Lehnert (7 IP, 2 H, 9 K, 1 BB). WP -- Lehnert. LP -- Post.

The Chesterton junior varsity scored five runs in the seventh inning to force an eighth, then scored another run for a 7-6 victory over Lake Central on Tuesday.

Michael Griffin, Brandon Roeske and Cameron O’Brien all had three hits for the Trojans. Roeske also had three RBI’s, while O’Brien had two RBI’s.

Roeske worked the first five innings on the mound, recording four strikeouts and allowing just three hits. Dallas Milligan worked an inning of relief (2 H, 0 K, 2 BB) as did Tyler Quillan (1 H, 0 K, 0 BB).

Posted 5/16/2012