Baseball Recap: Friday's Victory Is Homewood's Eighth in Last Nine Outings

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Homewood had no problem doing just that on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Clay-Chalkville Cougars a 2-0 shutout. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Patriots have posted since March 21st.

Homewood is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 29-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for Clay-Chalkville, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 12 of their last 16 matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-16 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Homewood beat Clay-Chalkville by a score of 18-0 later that day.