The Santa Rosa Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the St. Vincent de Paul Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Santa Rosa is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Last Monday, Santa Rosa got the win against Middletown by a conclusive 9-1.
Daniel Mills was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Mills was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Troy Rizo, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Nolan Bankston was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, St. Vincent de Paul waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 6-3. That's two games straight that St. Vincent de Paul has won by exactly three runs.
St. Vincent de Paul saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Mountanos, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Nico Antonini, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Santa Rosa is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-14-1 record this season. As for St. Vincent de Paul, they pushed their record up to 13-10 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Santa Rosa couldn't quite finish off St. Vincent de Paul in their previous matchup back in April and fell 10-8. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Vincent de Paul's Josh Malik, who tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that Santa Rosa knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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