ROCKPORT — Crawfordsville Post 72 lived to play another day with a 3-1 win Saturday over South Haven. The bright spot for the local team was they committed no errors in the contest.
After blowing a lead in the top of the seventh inning in Friday’s 2-1 loss to Lafayette, Post 72 added an insurance run in the top of the last inning to go up 3-1.
Crawfordsville scored in the second inning when Keaton Brown hit a groundball that scored Sam Gooch from third base.
Gooch scored again in the fourth frame on a SAC groundball by Ethan Wooten. The Greencastle product was 3-for-3 with two doubles.
The insurance run was produced when Aiden Ambriz-Cruz hit a SAC fly to centerfield scoring Kayden Smith who was 2-for-3 in the game.
Talyn Sheldon picked up the win by allowing no runs in four innings. Nathan Kouns pitched the final three innings to earn a save.
Post 72 will play at 2:30 p.m. Sunday against the Saturday night loser between Lafayette and Rockport.
