Baseball Preview: Homestead Spartans vs. South Bend Adams Eagles
Homestead has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will take on the South Bend Adams Eagles at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Homestead's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Norwell and snuck past 2-0.
Jacob Bardwell looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Sam Sosebee, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, South Bend Adams entered their tilt with South Bend Riley with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Everything went their way against the Wildcats on Wednesday as they made off with a 15-1 win.
BROCK STULTZ made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned run off one hit. STULTZ was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other pitching news, FINN MULVEHILL looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Back at the plate, KJ JOHNSTON was excellent, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was KAI WHITLOW, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Homestead has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for South Bend Adams, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
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