Ocoee baseball's Gunnar Patterson throws 14 strikeouts in home win

The Knights' left-handed ace continues dominance on the mound in a 7-2 win over Colonial High.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 10:00 a.m. March 20, 2025

Ocoee baseball left-handed pitcher Gunnar Patterson has been a strikeout machine for the Knights.

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In a 7-2 home win over the Colonial Grenadiers, Ocoee’s Gunnar Patterson struck out 14 of the 25 batters he faced over six innings. He allowed just one earned run and six hits in the win.

The senior left-handed pitcher has been a strikeout machine for the Knights over the past two seasons — throwing 99 strikeouts in 74.2 innings of action while maintaining an ERA of 1.88.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.