Bulldogs fight back for 8-7 DAC win in 8-innings over Portage

A USA-365.com Special Report by Frank Sprankle

4-22-2015

Team (Record) / Inning	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
PORTAGE (2-9, 1-2 DAC)	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	7	13	1
CROWN POINT (6-4, 2-1 DAC)	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	12	3

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 48 degrees, cloudy & breezy in Crown Point, Ind.

WP (CP) Brandon Haczynski 3K, 1BB, 0R, 0ER, 1H (3 1/3 Inn)
LP (Portage) Hunter Kraynak 4K, 1BB, 4R, 3ER, 8H (6 2/3 Inn)

Portage (2-9, 1-2 in DAC)
Michael Lakomek (CF) 1-4, single, 2 runs
Hunter Thorn (C) 2-5, single, double, run
Jared Ford (P/2B) 4-5, 3 singles, double, run, 5 RBI
Cody Simmons (SS) 1-4, double, run, RBI
Cody McGuire (3B) 0-4
Jacob Dickson (RF) 3-5, single, 2 doubles, run
Jesse Bustos (1B) 2-3, single, double, run, RBI
Sayne Devine (2B) 0-1
Hunter Kraynak (P) 0-2, run
Drew Guth (LF), 0-3

Crown Point (6-4, 2-1 in DAC)
Alex Ruiz (LF) 0-5
Geoff Kozlowski (2B) 2-3, 2 singles, 2 runs, RBI
Mark Mazure (C/P) 3-4, run
Mitch Kooi (3B) 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI
Austin Thomas (3B) 1-3, triple, RBI
Andrew Atchison (DH/C) 2-3, 2 doubles, run, 2 RBI
Thayne Bukowski (CF) 1-2, HR, run, 2 RBI
Alex Basic (SS) 0-2
Mike Wathier (PH) 0-1

CROWN POINT (04-21-2015) What appeared as doom and gloom for the Crown Point Bulldogs, became their second win over the Portage Indians. It came off the bat of Thayne Bukowski, as the centerfielder with two outs in the bottom of the seventh got the ball into the right field jet stream with a man a board for a two-run game-tying homer.

The Bulldogs completed the 8-7 extra innings victory in the eighth when Geoff Kozlowski hit into an E3, a ball misplayed by Indians first baseman Jesse Bustos, which scored Joey O’Keefe, who led off the inning with a deep double to left. The Indians, who took a 7-5 lead with multiple runs in the fifth and sixth innings, left the bases loaded in their half of the eighth. They would leave in all, 11 men on base.

Jared Ford, who started the game on the mound for the Indians, went 4-5 with five RBIs. His three-run double, gave Portage the lead in the sixth, as Crown Point went ahead 5-0 after the first two innings.