Mike McGraw
Hoosier Authority
Coach John Froedge had to be happy with the offense shown by
his 3A top ranked Athenians in their season opener at Zionsville Tuesday night.
He is anticipating that Crawfordsville’s hitting will catch up with what
everyone expects to be an outstanding pitching staff. Unfortunately, on this
night it was that pitching that had some trouble. The result was the Athenians
dropping a 15-10 decision to the Eagles.
It certainly didn’t start out to be a slugfest. Crawfordsville
scratched a run across in the first when leadoff hitter and center fielder
Brett Linn singled, stole second and eventually scored on a Cody Dowell fielder’s
choice. Zionsville took advantage of some control problems by Crawfordsville
starter Andrew Swart to return the favor in the bottom of the second.
The fireworks started in the third inning when
Crawfordsville plated four runs in the top half of the frame and Zionsville’s
Keith Rogers blasted a two run homer in the bottom half to make it 5-3 after
three innings. Zionsville then broke the game open with an eight run fourth
inning.
Crawfordsville kept it interesting throughout including
plating two runs in the seventh courtesy of a Dowell RBI double. By that time,
however, the Eagles were in complete control.
the Athenians’ offensive output. Linn went 4-5 on the afternoon from the
leadoff spot and 2B Brett McKinney was 2-3 hitting in the second slot. 6-9 from
the top two spots in the order will win a lot of games. Dowell finished the
game 2-4 and Scott Hunt added a 1-3, 3 RBI performances.
Crawfordsville will try to right the ship this weekend when
they travel to
Friday and Saturday. In addition to the hosts, the Athenians will meet squads
from
and Bryan Station,
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