April 28, 2008

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Crawfordsville High School senior Andrew Swart was one of three Athenians’ pitchers who combined for 14 strikeouts against Greencastle.
Baseball

Saturday

At Greencastle

Crawfordsville 2, Greencastle 0

Crawfordsville 001 000 1 - 2 4 0

Greencastle 000 000 0 - 0 6 2

WP: Cameron Hobson C (2-0). LP: Ford G.

Crawfordsville runs scored: Jason Spurlock, Justin Wright

Crawfordsville RBI: Brett Linn, Scott Hunt

Crawfordsville hits: Brett Linn, Cameron Hobson, Andrew Swart, Scott Hunt

Greencastle hits: Hayden 2, Bartrum, Nobles, Faust, Grzesiek

Stolen bases: Crawfordsville 2 (Brett Linn, Justin Wright), Greencastle 0

LOB: Crawfordsville 4, Greencastle 6

Record: Crawfordsville 13-2

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GREENCASTLE - Crawfordsville High School's three senior pitchers showed they've got some heat.

Although the Athenians didn't come anywhere close to scoring double-digit runs Saturday afternoon, their pitching staff shut down Greencastle en route to their 11th -straight win.

Cameron Hobson, Andrew Swart and Cody Dowell struck out a combined 14 batters as visiting Class 3A co-No. 3 Crawfordsville picked up a 2-0 win against Greencastle.

Hobson (2-0) struck out 11 batters in five innings, while Dowell struck out one in 2/3 of an inning and Swart recorded two strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings.

Greencastle outhit Crawfordsville 6-4 but the Athenians found ways to get their runners home.

Junior Brett Linn had an RBI, a hit and a run scored, while junior Scott Hunt also had an RBI and a a hit.

Crawfordsville next plays at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Sagamore Athletic Conference rival Danville, then travels to Danville for a Thursday rematch.

In the Athenians' junior varsity game against Danville (Ill.), A.J. Ehrlich pitched a no- hitter in an 11-0 win.