The senior struck out the first nine batters.
"I wasn't really paying attention to it until somebody said something to me," Pepkowski said. "I was just going out there and throwing my game."
But as the Bulldogs looked to stage a late comeback, it was actually Pepkowski's teammate, catcher Jordan August, who slammed the door shut.
With two outs in hand thanks to a pair of strikeouts from Pepkowski, August recorded the last out of the game by picking off Crown Point's Audrey Williams, who was trying to steal second base. Shortstop Sydney Doloszycki caught August's timely throw and tagged Williams to cap off the Indians' 4-2 Duneland Athletic Conference home victory.