Baseball Recap: Crown Point Bulldogs vs. Merrillville Pirates
In what's become a running theme this season, Crown Point gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Merrillville Pirates a 10-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Crown Point sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Logan Cotton tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Christian Briseno was excellent, scoring a run while going 1-for-1. Another player making a difference was Austin Leeming, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Crown Point is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Merrillville, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-11.
Crown Point will have a chance to go back-to-back against Merrillville: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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