Home Run-A-Rooney

"Don't ever turn off your competitive fire. Its one of the things I like most about you."

- Josh to Maddie

Home Run-A-Rooney is the 15th episode in season 3 of Liv and Maddie. It aired on April 10, 2016.

Overview
Maddie and Josh go on their first date. Liv and Holden try to help Parker pass his show choir class.

Main Cast

 * Dove Cameron as Liv and Maddie Rooney
 * Joey Bragg as Joey Rooney
 * Tenzing Norgay Trainor as Parker Rooney
 * Kali Rocha as Karen Rooney

Recurring Cast

 * Lucas Adams as Josh Willcox
 * Jennifer Candy as Jen
 * Jordan Fisher as Holden Dippledorf
 * Emmy Buckner as Liv #2
 * Shelby Wulfert as Maddie #2

Guest Cast

 * Mike Greenberg as Radio Announcer
 * Wesley Mann as Mr. Bell
 * Marisa Davila as Choir Member #1
 * Parissa Koo as Choir Member #2
 * Garrett Boyd as Choir Member #3
 * Andy Kim as Choir Member #4
 * Brandon Crawford as Himself
 * Esteban Cueto as Daktron (uncredited)

Absent Cast

 * Benjamin King as Pete Rooney

Quotes
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Trivia

 * This is the first episode in the whole series involving baseball.
 * Since Maddie won tree house horse in Vive-La-Rooney, she has to plan a date.
 * Parker is about to fail one of his high school courses.
 * Mike Greenberg is the co-host (with Mike Golic) of the daily sports talk radio show Mike & Mike on ESPN2.
 * Brandon Crawford from the Giants makes an appearance.
 * This is part 4 of the Mosh Arc.
 * Josh and Maddie share their first hug in this episode.
 * Brandon is Josh's favourite player.
 * The fictional baseball stadium was named "George Nimbus Stadium," obviously after an ancestor of Johnny Nimbus.
 * The episodes - Cowbell-A-Rooney, Secret-Admirer-A-Rooney, and Vive-La-Rooney - are all referenced in this episode by Maddie and Josh.
 * Wesley Mann also played another teacher ("Mr. Lawler"), who frequently used to spit when he spoke in the former Disney Channel sitcom "That's So Raven."
 * This episode was the second most-watched program the week it aired.
 * It is confirmed that Josh and Maddie are officially dating.
 * Holden and Liv have their first cutaway together.
 * This episode is about baseball, which is what Lucas Adams plays in real-life.
 * It's shown in this episode that Parker can sing quite well.
 * This episode aired on October 13, 2016, in the UK.
 * In the UK plot, just Josh and Maddie's plot is mentioned, without the subplot of Liv and Holden helping Parker.

Goofs

 * Maddie asked Joey what guys liked to do for a first date, but she dated Diggie, so she should have had some kind of idea. But then, Diggie and Josh are very different people.