There's no place like home for Crown Point, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They walked away with a 6-3 victory over the Morgan Township Cherokees on Friday. That's more bragging rights for Crown Point, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Bryce Schuster looked comfortable as he pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Crown Point's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Aslyn Farinelli, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jase Horton, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
On Morgan Township's side, they got a good showing from Jett Gheaja, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Grant Cowger was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and a run.
Crown Point is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Morgan Township, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-10.
Crown Point will head out on the road to square off against Lake Central at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Crown Point: 3.3, Lake Central: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Morgan Township, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Glenn at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Glenn is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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