Varsity Baseball | May 12, 2021
Four Lake Central Pitchers Rally Together In Shutout Victory Against Chesterton

Lake Central Varsity – 2021 defeated Chesterton 21-0 on Wednesday as four pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Adam Walters struck out Mitch Mcelfresh to finish off the game.
Hunter Snyder showed a strong eye at the plate in the victory for Lake Central Varsity – 2021, as Snyder walked three times.
Lake Central Varsity – 2021 got on the board in the first inning when Carter Doorn drew a walk, scoring one run.
One bright spot for Chesterton was a single by Ryan Donley in the first inning.
Connor Misch led things off on the mound for Lake Central Varsity – 2021. Misch went two innings, allowing zero runs on one hit, striking out five and walking zero.

Donley was on the pitcher’s mound for Chesterton. Donley lasted two-thirds of an inning, allowing seven hits and ten runs while striking out one. Sam Cooke, #3, Garrett Benko, and George Vrahoretis each entered the game as relief, throwing two innings, one inning, one inning, and one-third of an inning respectively.
Lake Central Varsity – 2021 saw the ball well today, racking up 19 hits in the game. Blake Neyhart, Snyder, Doorn, Jerry Edwards, and Misch all managed multiple hits for Lake Central Varsity – 2021. Neyhart led Lake Central Varsity – 2021 with three hits in three at bats. Lake Central Varsity – 2021 was sure-handed and didn’t commit a single error. Peyton Gard made the most plays with five.
Donley went 2-for-2 at the plate to lead Chesterton in hits.
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Lake Central
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blake Neyhart | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Colin Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hunter Snyder | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Trenton Praski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Connor Misch | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Austin Maslanka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carter Doorn | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ethan Knopf | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Graham Weber | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Brenden Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jacob Warn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Luke Neidy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Peyton Gard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Matt Santana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Edwards | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Adam Walters | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Griffin Tobias | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Fiorio | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Josh Adamczewski | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 35 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 6 |
Batting
2B: Carter Doorn, Jack Fiorio
TB: Carter Doorn 3, Jerry Edwards 2, Jack Fiorio 2, Peyton Gard, Austin Maslanka, Connor Misch 2, Blake Neyhart 3, Matt Santana, Hunter Snyder 2, Griffin Tobias, Adam Walters, Jacob Warn, Graham Weber
RBI: Carter Doorn, Jerry Edwards 3, Peyton Gard 3, Connor Misch 2, Blake Neyhart, Hunter Snyder 3, Griffin Tobias, Adam Walters, Jacob Warn 2, Graham Weber 2
ROE: Connor Misch, Graham Weber
FC: Peyton Gard, Griffin Tobias
HBP: Jerry Edwards, Connor Misch
SB: Ethan Knopf, Blake Neyhart
TotalsTeam QAB: 24 (50.00%)
Carter Doorn 2, Jack Fiorio, Peyton Gard 2, Ethan Knopf, Austin Maslanka, Colin Mason, Connor Misch, Luke Neidy, Blake Neyhart, Hunter Snyder 4, Griffin Tobias 3, Jacob Warn 3, Graham Weber 2, Brenden Smith
Team LOB: 12
Chesterton
Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mitch Mcelfresh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Josh Roof | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ryan Donley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blake Lemmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chris Mullen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gavin Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Trevor Donley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
#3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sam Cooke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Toth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sean Kasper | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Garrett Benko | – | – | – | – | – | – |
George Vrahoretis | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Batting
2B: Mitch Mcelfresh
TB: Mitch Mcelfresh 2, Ryan Donley 2
FC: Chris Mullen, Trevor Donley
SB: Ryan Donley
TotalsTeam QAB: 7 (36.84%)
Mitch Mcelfresh, Josh Roof, Ryan Donley, Blake Lemmon 2, Chris Mullen, Gavin Campbell
Team LOB: 3FieldingE: Chris Mullen, Trevor Donley, Sean Kasper
Lake Central
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connor Misch | 2.0 | 35 | .686 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Austin Maslanka | 1.0 | 13 | .692 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ethan Knopf | 1.0 | 22 | .636 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Adam Walters | 1.0 | 13 | .769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 5.0 | 83 | .687 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Pitching
Pitches-Strikes: Ethan Knopf 22-14, Austin Maslanka 13-9, Connor Misch 35-24, Adam Walters 13-10
Groundouts-Flyouts: Ethan Knopf 0-0, Austin Maslanka 1-0, Connor Misch 0-1, Adam Walters 1-1
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Ethan Knopf 2-5, Austin Maslanka 3-4, Connor Misch 6-7, Adam Walters 1-3
Chesterton
Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Donley | 0.2 | 43 | .605 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
George Vrahoretis | 0.1 | 40 | .425 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Garrett Benko | 1.0 | 30 | .367 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
#3 | 1.0 | 31 | .516 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Sam Cooke | 2.0 | 41 | .537 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 5.0 | 185 | .497 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
Pitching
HBP: Garrett Benko, George Vrahoretis
Pitches-Strikes: Ryan Donley 43-26, Garrett Benko 30-11, George Vrahoretis 40-17, Sam Cooke 41-22, #3 31-16
Groundouts-Flyouts: Ryan Donley 0-0, Garrett Benko 2-1, George Vrahoretis 0-0, Sam Cooke 1-2, #3 0-1
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Ryan Donley 7-12, Garrett Benko 1-8, George Vrahoretis 3-10, Sam Cooke 6-11, #3 1-7