SOFTBALL
Crawfordsville earns win
Crawfordsville defeated Monon Athletic Conference foe Frankfort 11-4 on Wednesday. The Athenian offense scored in every inning but one in the victory.
Crawfordsville had 13 hits in the game. Laken Suitors and Molly Pierce each had three hits. Laikyn Dowell added two hits.
Suitors, Dowell, Pierce, Christina Susdorf and Tori Truax each had a double.
Pierce picked up the win by going six innings while allowing two hits.
Crawfordsville (4-20, 1-12 MAC) traveled Thursday to Frankfort (1-23, 0-13 MAC) to close out the regular season.
BASEBALL
Hot Dogs outlast CHS
Crawfordsville and Frankfort battled for 12 innings Wednesday on John Froedge Field. A scoreless game for the first 10 innings, it was Frankfort who prevailed with a 4-2 Monon Athletic Conference victory.
Starting Athenian pitcher Henry Bannon and Hot Dog pitcher Alex Lopez and Chris Sandoval refused to give in. Lopez did not give up a hit.
Bannon pitched eight innings and gave up just three hits.
Sandoval entered the game in the seventh inning and surrendered five hits with three walks.
Neither team got on the scoreboard until the 11th inning when each team scored two runs in their part of the inning.
Crawfordsville’s Ethan Campbell had a big 2-RBI single to tie the game at 2-2 sending the game into the final inning.
In the deciding top of the final inning, Frankfort scored two runs with two outs. An intentional walk loaded the bases for the Hot Dogs followed by an Athenian error that allowed two runs to score.
Campbell took the tough loss on the mound. The junior went four innings allowing four runs on four hits.
Athenian senior Matt Miller was 2-for-4 in the game. Campbell had one hit with two RBI.
Frankfort catcher Matthew Berry was 3-for-4 at the plate with two stolen bases.
Crawfordsville (12-11 7-6 MAC) traveled to Frankfort (14-9, 8-5 MAC) on Thursday to close out the conference portion of the season. The Athenians will entertain Tri-West (13-10) Friday.
