For the second straight game, Palo Alto will face off against Milpitas. The Vikings will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Trojans at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Palo Alto has four straight wins, Milpitas has 14 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Wednesday, Palo Alto needed a bit of extra time to put away Milpitas. They blew past the Trojans 8-1. Eight seems to be a good number for the Vikings as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Cormac White tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off ten hits (and only one walk). He has become a key player for Palo Alto: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 7-10 otherwise.
Coco Vonderhaar
| 04/21/25 vs Hillsdale | 4 |
| 04/30/25 @ Milpitas | 3 |
| 03/24/25 @ Capuchino | 3 |
| 03/03/25 vs Monterey | 3 |
| 04/23/25 @ Gunn | 2 |
| + 10 more games |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Coco Vonderhaar, who went 3-for-5 with one home run, four RBI, and one stolen base. Palo Alto is 3-1 when Vonderhaar posts three or more hits, but 6-10 otherwise. Carter Bader was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.
Palo Alto hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They are 2-1 when they post two or more strikeouts.
Palo Alto's win bumped their record up to 9-11. As for Milpitas, their loss dropped their record down to 2-16.
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