Baseball Recap: Palo Alto Victorious

Palo Alto never got on the board in their matchup last Wednesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Los Altos on Friday. They walked away with an 11-7 victory over the Eagles. This was a revenge game for the Vikings: when they faced off against the Eagles last Wednesday, they had to take a 1-0 defeat.

William Hickey

Hits Against

03/21/25 vs Menlo-Atherton	7
03/05/25 vs Archbishop Mitty	3
03/26/25 vs Wilcox	2
04/04/25 @ Los Altos	1

William Hickey looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has become a key player for Palo Alto: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most three hits, but 2-7 otherwise.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jonathan Nguyen, who fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-4. Those two home runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Carter Bader, who went 3-for-5 with four RBI and one run.

Palo Alto lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.

Palo Alto has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 4-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Los Altos, their loss dropped their record down to 8-4.

The future could be bright for both Palo Alto and Los Altos: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. The Vikings will look to extend Carlmont's three-game losing streak when they meet at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Los Altos will try to hand Westmont their seventh-straight defeat when the two meet at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.