Baseball Recap: Chesterton Trojans vs. Crown Point Bulldogs
Chesterton had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Crown Point Bulldogs by a score of 8-4. This was payback for Chesterton, who suffered a 5-4 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Rob Czarniecki made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Czarniecki was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with a triple and an RBI.
In other batting news, Nick Foust and Brayden Barrett did most of the damage at the plate: Foust went 1-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run, while Barrett scored a run while going 4-for-5. Greg Guernsey was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
On Crown Point's side, they saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Billy Chidsey, who went 1-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and an RBI.
Chesterton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Crown Point, their loss dropped their record down to 16-6.
Chesterton will have a chance to go back-to-back against Crown Point: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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