Crown Point is 10-0 against Merrillville since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Crown Point Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Merrillville Pirates at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Crown Point has three straight wins, Merrillville has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Crown Point gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. They never let Merrillville onto the board and left with a 10-0 win.
Crown Point got a great performance from Logan Cotton as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over 4.2 innings pitched. Cotton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Christian Briseno, who scored 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 has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Merrillville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
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