Burlingame's found some homefield redemption this week after a tough overtime loss to Menlo-Atherton on Saturday. The Burlingame Panthers had just enough and edged the Palo Alto Vikings out 5-4. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Burlingame also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2023.
Eric Gee was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Gee was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-5.
In other pitching news, Burlingame got a great performance from Dionisios Vorrises as he tossed 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Vorrises has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, Dylan Kall was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
On Palo Alto's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ari Smolar-Eisenberg, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Charlie Bates, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Palo Alto didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Burlingame only tossed nine.
Burlingame has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Palo Alto, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-11.
Burlingame will head out on the road to face off against Gunn at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Burlingame is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season. As for Palo Alto, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Homestead at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Homestead's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Palo Alto's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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