St. Vincent de Paul had lost nine straight on the road, but on Friday they dropped their record down to 3-15 to make it ten. They fell 6-1 to the Healdsburg Greyhounds. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Greyhounds this season, with their most recent loss being a 3-2 defeat on Wednesday.
St. Vincent de Paul saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Landies, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
As for Healdsburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games.
On Healdsburg's side, they got a great performance from Eric Nielsen as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Nielsen also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because the Greyhounds are 9-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 4-5 otherwise.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Xander Harms, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. Another player making a difference was Hayden Mariani, who went 2-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
Coming up, St. Vincent de Paul will head out to face off against Piner at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Prospectors have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.53 runs per game on average), something the Mustangs will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Healdsburg, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Kelseyville at 7:00 p.m. The Greyhounds' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Knights have averaged an impressive 10.2 runs per game this season.
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