Baseball Recap: Sparta Finds Home Field Redemption Against Bradleyville

There's no place like home for Sparta, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Bradleyville Eagles a 15-0 shutout on Monday. The win continues a trend for the Trojans in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now won five in a row.

Phoenix Holt was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Holt was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-2.

Austin Humble

Runs

04/14/25 vs Bradleyville	3
03/28/25 @ Crane	2
03/21/25 @ Chadwick	2
04/01/25 vs Hurley	1

In other batting news, Sparta let Austin Humble and Conner Robinson run wild. Humble scored three runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3, while Robinson scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Sparta is undefeated when Humble posts two or more runs, but 2-5 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Jase Applegate, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Sparta always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .542. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Sparta pushed their record up to 5-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Bradleyville, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Sparta will take on Blue Eye at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Bradleyville, they will square off against Greenfield at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.