Baseball Recap: St. Vincent De Paul Drops Season-High Score on South Fork

Mustangs

Team Score (Highest)

05/03/25 vs South Fork	13
03/07/25 @ Redwood Christian	8
04/02/25 vs Piner	7
04/17/25 vs Santa Rosa	6
03/05/25 @ Credo	6

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Vincent de Paul). They put the hurt on the South Fork Cubs with a sharp 13-3 win on Saturday. The victory was some much needed relief for the Mustangs as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.

Will Hankins made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four). He was also big at the plate, earning one RBI, three runs, and three stolen bases. He is becoming a predictor of St. Vincent de Paul's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 2-16 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, St. Vincent de Paul got a massive performance out of Jacob Troy, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one stolen base. Those three RBI gave Troy a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Tyler Chelew, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.

St. Vincent de Paul always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .613. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

St. Vincent de Paul's win bumped their record up to 4-17. As for South Fork, they dropped their record down to 5-14 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Vincent de Paul will host Montgomery at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Mustangs are facing the Vikings at the right time seeing as the Vikings are stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for South Fork, they will welcome Ferndale at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Wildcats' pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so the Cubs' hitters will have their work cut out for them.