It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Kankakee Valley can now relate to. They lost 10-0 to the Chesterton Trojans on Wednesday. Kankakee Valley just can't catch a break and has now endured four defeats in a row.
For Chesterton's part, not much got past Brayden Barrett, who gave up just one hit and racked up ten Ks to keep Kankakee Valley off the board. Barrett has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Greg Guernsey, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady McCormack, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four RBI and a double.
Kankakee Valley's loss dropped their record down to 5-17. As for Chesterton, their victory bumped their record up to 20-6.
Kankakee Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Chesterton, they will face off against Crown Point at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Crown Point: 3.5, Chesterton: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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