Healdsburg owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They put the hurt on the Middletown Mustangs with a sharp 6-0 win. The Greyhounds haven't had any issues with the Mustangs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Henry Smith was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Smith was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.
In other pitching news, Eric Nielsen tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only a hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
Xander Harms
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Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Xander Harms, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Nova Perrill, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
The win got Healdsburg back to even at 1-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Healdsburg will face off against Credo at 6:00 p.m. on March 7th. As for Middletown, they will head out on the road to challenge Swett at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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