Baseball Recap: Alonso Beats Palm Harbor University for Their Fourth Straight Victory

Alonso had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Palm Harbor University Hurricanes a 5-0 shutout. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Alvin Santiago

Hits (Career)

02/27/25 vs Palm Harbor University	3
04/30/24 @ Palm Harbor University	2
04/29/24 vs Steinbrenner	2
04/16/24 @ Plant	2
03/13/24 vs Sickles	2

The team relied heavily on Alvin Santiago, who scored a run while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in hits. The team also got some help courtesy of Raymond Llanes, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Alonso was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Alonso pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Palm Harbor University, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season.

Alonso didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 2-1 defeat against Newsome on the 1st. As for Palm Harbor University, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 7-1 loss against St. Petersburg on the 3rd.