Baseball Recap: Homewood Finds Playoff Glory Versus Clay-Chalkville

Patriots

Margin (Wins)

04/03/25 @ Jackson-Olin	23
02/17/25 vs Shades Valley	23
03/03/25 vs Parker	22
04/05/25 @ Shades Valley	19
02/26/25 vs Jackson-Olin	17

It's playoff time, and Homewood had no trouble coming through when it counted. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Clay-Chalkville Cougars a 10-0 shutout on Friday. Considering the Patriots have won 19 matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

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. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Clay-Chalkville, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost 12 of their last 16 contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-16 record this season.

Homewood will have a chance to go back-to-back against Clay-Chalkville: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.