After four games on the road, Healdsburg is heading back home. They will take on the Ukiah Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Healdsburg is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Justin-Siena (and have done all season long). Everything went Healdsburg's way against Justin-Siena on Monday as Healdsburg made off with a 14-1 victory. That's two games straight that Healdsburg has won by exactly 13 runs.
Laurel Heaney made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Heaney was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Mia Falberg was incredible, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ashley Jenkins, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Ukiah had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They walked away with an 8-3 win over the Loggers.
Karis Jacobsen spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on four hits and racked up 11 Ks.
At the plate, Kaloni Brown was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Makenzie Roberts, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Healdsburg now has a winning record of 8-7. As for Ukiah, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-9.
Healdsburg might still be hurting after the 16-0 loss they got from Ukiah when the teams last played last Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ukiah's Kyla Cromer, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Healdsburg knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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