Baseball Recap: Sweet Home Find Success

Sweet Home won the last time they faced Starpoint and things went their way on Friday too. The Panthers walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Spartans. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.

Rocco Panepinto

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/02/25 vs Starpoint	7
05/18/24 @ Kenmore West	4
05/17/24 @ Kenmore West	4
05/01/24 vs Amherst Central	4
04/26/24 vs Starpoint	4

Rocco Panepinto made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Joe VanDusen, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Tom Caruana, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Sweet Home now has a winning record of 4-3-1. As for Starpoint, they dropped their record down to 1-7 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.

Sweet Home has already played their next matchup, an 11-10 loss against Frontier on the 3rd. As for Starpoint, they will host Williamsville East at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.