Baseball Recap: Palo Alto finds home field redemption against Homestead

By Team Reports Apr 24, 2024, 6:53pm

Baseball Recap: Palo Alto Vikings vs. Homestead Mustangs

There's no place like home for Palo Alto, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road last Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Homestead Mustangs an 8-0 shutout on Wednesday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Palo Alto also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2023.

Cormac White looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.

On the hitting side, Palo Alto got a massive performance out of Charlie Bates, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Bates has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Dexter Cleveringa, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.

Palo Alto's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-11. As for Homestead, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7-2.

Palo Alto will have a chance to go back-to-back against Homestead: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.

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