Baseball Recap: Homestead Spartans vs. Columbia City Eagles
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Homestead had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Columbia City Eagles and snuck past 5-4. Winning may never get old, but Homestead sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Alex Graber spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and three unearned) runs on four hits and racked up ten Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Homestead's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brady Minnick, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Homestead is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season. As for Columbia City, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-12.
Homestead will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against New Haven at 1:00 p.m. Columbia City does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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