It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but St. Vincent de Paul ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They came out on top against the Piner Prospectors by a score of 8-5. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Vincent de Paul.
Nico Antonini and Josh Malik made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Antonini pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Malik struck out seven batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Antonini has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Antonini scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Malik scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, St. Vincent de Paul let Jacob Troy and Jack Mountanos loose on the outfield. Troy scored two runs while going 2-for-2, while Mountanos scored two runs while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jack Davis, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
On Piner's side, Garrett Drefs made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Even though they lost, Piner didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 14 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
St. Vincent de Paul has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-10 record this season. As for Piner, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-15.
St. Vincent de Paul has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Montgomery at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Piner will take on Healdsburg at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Piner has given up an average of 7.2 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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