Crown Point was the 3-2 winner over La Porte when they last played one another last Tuesday, but their luck changed this time around. The Crown Point Bulldogs took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the La Porte Slicers on Wednesday.
Crown Point saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Ehrlich, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, Crown Point didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as La Porte only tossed three.
On La Porte's side, they got a great performance from Logan Hay as he pitched 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ben Dubbs, who went 3-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Brody White was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Crown Point's loss dropped their record down to 7-2. As for La Porte, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Crown Point will head out on the road to square off against Penn at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Penn will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last. As for La Porte, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Goshen at 11:00 a.m. La Porte's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Goshen's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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