The Munster Mustangs will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Crown Point Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Munster sitting on three straight wins and Crown Point on four.
Munster will head into Wednesday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by ten) but on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Boone Grove 7-5.
Meanwhile, Crown Point faced New Palestine in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Crown Point had just enough and edged New Palestine out 4-3. Four seems to be a good number for Crown Point as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Lexi Smith spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on eight hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ashlyn Kita, who scored two runs while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Scarlette Tegtman, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Munster has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Crown Point, they pushed their record up to 20-5 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Munster beat Crown Point 6-1 in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Does Munster have another victory up their sleeve, or will Crown Point turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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