Photos by Steve Galluzzo
The situation was grim for the Palisades High varsity baseball team entering the fourth inning of last Friday night’s Western League game against LACES. Having lost the first of the two-game set two days earlier the Dolphins trailed 3-0 and were in danger of being swept by the Unicorns for the first time in program history. All of that changed in a span of 30 minutes as the boys in blue exploded for 11 runs, the big blow being a bases-clearing triple by Logan Bailey (his second three-bagger of the day) that paved the way to a 14-11 five-inning victory that kept Palisades tied for second in the standings with two games left.
“It helps anytime you have runners on because the other team’s margin for error gets smaller,” Coach Mike Voelkel said. “Hopefully this gives us momentum heading into the last two weeks of the [regular] season.”
Palisades batted around in the fourth, capitalizing on eight walks and two errors to get their struggling offense in gear.
Bailey had three hits and stole two bases, Ian Sullivan had a two-RBI double, Yonah Cohen drove in a pair of runs and Reece Frankel pitched a two-hitter with six strikeouts.
The following day the Dolphins hosted San Fernando in the Tiger Invitational and prevailed 2-1 on base hits by Frankel, Andres Trujillo, Jack Kurland and Alex Loos and a strong outing on the mound by John Iacono, who lasted 5.2 innings and struck out out five batters while allowing five hits.
Palisades (10-13 overall, 6-4 in league) is back in action Saturday at Verdugo Hills and wraps up league play against Westchester next week.
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