On the surface, the Palisades High varsity baseball team’s 6-1 victory over Fairfax last Wednesday was just another routine win over an opponent the first-place Dolphins should beat. But when University beat second-place Westchester across town, suddenly Palisades found itself two victories away from clinching its second consecutive Western League championship. Palisades (15-5, 11-1) started the week leading the Comets (16-12, 9-3 in league) by two games with three remaining. The Dolphins’ hosted Hamilton on Tuesday, leaving only games at Venice on Wednesday and Westchester tomorrow. ‘Uni beating Westchester was huge,’ Pali co-coach Tom Seyler said. ‘It gives us a little breathing room. But we still have to go out and finish this thing off.’ Shortstop Dylan Cohen leads the Dolphins with a .587 batting average, followed by pitcher/first baseman David Bromberg (.527) and third baseman Andy Megee (.439). Bromberg leads the squad in runs batted in (41) and home runs (9). Turhan Folse, Austin Jones and Megee each have five stolen bases.
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