Crawfordsville waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Southmont Mounties a 9-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Crawfordsville, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Bryce Dowell made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Dowell has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Dowell was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two triples and an RBI.
In other batting news, Kaden Patton and Sam Minnette did most of the damage at the plate: Patton scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Minnette scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jude Coursey, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Crawfordsville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for Southmont, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-9.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Crawfordsville beat Southmont by a score of 10-2 later that day.
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