PALO ALTO — Wilcox took the lead on two events early in Friday’s Santa Clara Valley Athletic League championship sport at Palo Alto.
The Vikings answered within the backside half of every of these innings, as soon as to attract even after which to take the lead with two runs within the backside of the second.
As soon as they'd the lead they by no means let it go in a 4-2 victory.
With the win, Palo Alto (24-5) put the crowning glory on two of its targets — including the SCVAL event championship to the regular-season De Anza Division title they’d already captured. Now the crew turns its consideration to the massive prize, a Central Coast Part championship.
“I’m tremendous happy with this crew,” stated Palo Alto coach Pete Fukuhara, who famous the absence of injured Arizona-commit Xavier Esquer.
“We took care of our job by successful league,” successful pitcher Danny Peters stated. “And now we’re nearer to our large objective, to win CCS.”
Peters, additionally Palo Alto’s soccer quarterback the previous three seasons, went 5 ⅓ innings and improved to 7-2 on the season. He's headed to San Francisco State within the fall to play baseball
Wilcox (20-9) took the lead within the prime of the primary when Patrick Sanchez doubled and scored on a single by Alan Ramirez.
Within the backside half of the inning, Palo Alto tied it with a manufactured run. Leadoff batter Henry Bolte drew a stroll. Wilcox hurler Jesse Gutierrez threw over to first base twice earlier than making his first pitch to the plate. Bolte took off and stole second.
That was Bolte’s forty sixth stolen base of the season.
“An unimaginable participant and an incredible younger man, a pleasure to be round,” Fukuhara stated. “That’s simply how briskly he's. And what nice instincts he has on the bases.”
The Texas-commit can be batting .455 with 12 homers.
Bolte took third on Charlie Bates’ fly out to heart and scored on Rowan Felsch’s tapper again to the mound. Gutierrez considered coming dwelling with the ball, went to first as a substitute the place Felsch was known as protected.
Bolte’s theft was the 118th of the 29-game season for Palo Alto.
Freshman Matthew Tiendas singled dwelling Anthony Menenses as Wilcox went again up 2-1 within the second.
An obvious third run on a sacrifice fly for Wilcox later within the second was negated when the runner on third was known as out on an enchantment play for leaving third too quickly.
Paly loaded the bases within the backside of the second and scored runs on an RBI stroll to Bolte and an RBI hit by pitch to Bates
Peters settled down and threw three scoreless innings earlier than being pulled with one out and one on within the sixth.
“I simply wanted to get my thoughts proper and get my groove again within the third inning,” Peters stated. “They got here out sturdy, give them credit score. That was probably the most vitality of any crew we’ve performed.”
Jack Haight relieved Peters within the sixth and served up a double-play floor ball on the primary pitch he threw.
Felsch added an insurance coverage run within the backside of the sixth with a shot over the right-field fence, his sixth dwelling run of the season.
Haight, a 5-foot-8, 155-pounder who gave the Chargers a markedly completely different look than the 6-4, 230 Peters, retired the aspect within the seventh for the save.
Wilcox left-hander Jesse Gutierrez went 5 ⅔, strolling two and placing out seven.