Baseball Recap: Chesterton Trojans vs. Michigan City Wolves
Chesterton waltzed into their game on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Michigan City Wolves a 10-0 shutout. Considering Chesterton has won four contests by more than nine runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Brayden Barrett made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Barrett has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Barrett was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Vince Fox was a standout: he scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Greg Guernsey, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Chesterton now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Michigan City, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-9.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Chesterton will challenge Hammond Morton at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Michigan City, they will head out on the road to face off against Elkhart at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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