Baseball Recap: Homestead Wins Going Away Against West Bend East

There's no place like home for Homestead, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They blew past the West Bend East Suns 9-2 on Friday. The contest marked the Highlanders' most dominant win of the season.

Charlie Blume

Hits (Career)

05/09/25 vs West Bend East	3
05/05/25 vs Cedarburg	2
04/28/25 vs Whitefish Bay	2
04/22/25 vs Hartford	2
04/11/25 vs University School of Milwaukee	2

Charlie Blume was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Homestead is 3-1 when Blume allows one or fewer hits, but 1-11 otherwise. Blume was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI. Those three hits gave him a new career-high.

In other pitching news, Lucas Wirth tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Homestead is 4-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 0-11 otherwise.

Back at the plate, Ari Crabbe and Connor Pangallo did most of the damage at the plate: Crabbe went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run, while Pangallo got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. That's the most runs Pangallo has posted since back in April. Joe Simon also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.

Homestead's record now sits at 4-12. As for West Bend East, their loss was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-13.

Looking ahead, Homestead will head out to challenge Germantown at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The Warhawks' pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so the Highlanders' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for West Bend East, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Ripon at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The Tigers have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.37 runs per game on average), something the Suns will no doubt try to take advantage of.