Chesterton and Crown Point pushed the score to 14-6 the last time they played Crown Point, but on Tuesday defenses reigned supreme. The Trojans fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 3-1. The contest marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Kaden Hawksworth spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits.
At the plate, Chesterton saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Troy Barrett, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
This is the second loss in a row for Chesterton and nudges their season record down to 11-8. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only two runs. As for Crown Point, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road.
While Chesterton had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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