The Palo Alto Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Los Gatos Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Palo Alto is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs last Saturday, they were much more limited against Archbishop Riordan on Saturday. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crusaders.
William Hickey
| 03/21/25 vs Menlo-Atherton | 7 |
| 03/05/25 vs Archbishop Mitty | 3 |
| 03/26/25 vs Wilcox | 2 |
| 04/12/25 vs Archbishop Riordan | 1 |
| 04/04/25 @ Los Altos | 1 |
Palo Alto got a good showing from William Hickey, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The Vikings are 2-1 when Hickey allows two or fewer hits, but 3-8 otherwise.
At the plate, Palo Alto saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Bader, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base. That stolen base marked the first that Bader snagged this season.
Meanwhile, Los Gatos entered their tilt with Mountain View last Friday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Spartans with a sharp 9-3 win.
Gavin Seiler looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Los Gatos got a big performance out of Brayden Smith, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-2. Those three stolen bases gave Smith a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian McMahon, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Los Gatos' victory was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-3. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average this season. As for Palo Alto, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
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