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The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) by a score of 11-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
WCA	0	0	0	1	-	-	-	1	1	-
Taft	11	0	0	-	-	-	-	11	0	-

Final score provided by M. Malarski.

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Game Stats

Walther Christian Academy (23-24)

Walther Christian Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Taft (23-24)

Taft

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.929	14	12	1	1	1
1	I. Rodriguez (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
13	Frank Zagotta (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
24	Jason Sondag (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
27	JP Rutkowski (Sr)	1.000	4	3	1	0	1
30	Wes Blitz (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
31	Zachary Peters (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	0	0

Taft

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	1.75	3
4	Grant Lujan (Sr)	0.00	1
5	Jordan Lopez (Sr)	0.00	1
7	Tom Gentile (Jr)	7.00	1

Taft

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	1	1	1	1	6	14	13
4	Grant Lujan (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	3
5	Jordan Lopez (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	4	6	6
7	Tom Gentile (Jr)	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	4

Taft

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.077	.143	55	1	2
4	Grant Lujan (Sr)	.000	.000	10	0	0
5	Jordan Lopez (Sr)	.000	.000	26	0	0
7	Tom Gentile (Jr)	.250	.400	19	1	2

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Taft wallops Walther Christian Academy

March 21, 2024: Chicago, IL 60631

Spectators at Thursday's non-league battle between the Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL) and the visiting Walther Christian Academy Broncos (Melrose Park, IL), saw Taft's baseball squad knock off Walther Christian Academy by a count of 11-1.

Coming up next, the Eagles play the Niles West Wolves (Skokie, IL) in a non-league battle, on Friday, March 22. Taft will attempt to move on its 2-1 season record. The Wolves enter the battle with a 1-1 record after their 9-6 non-league win over Whitney Young (Chicago, IL).

The Broncos now possess a 0-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Christ the King for a Chicago Prep battle on Saturday, March 23. Walther Christian Academy will play a Gladiators squad coming off a 16-0 non-league loss to Leo (Chicago, IL). The Gladiators record now stands at 1-1.

WCA @ Taft Baseball Game Info

Thu., Mar. 21, 2024 @ 4:30p

The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) by a score of 11-1.

Rankings & Records

Walther Christian Academy (23-24)

IL	Class
588	116

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
6-12	6-7	5-4	1-8	.333	.462	63	146

Taft (23-24)

IL	Class
333	116

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-21	7-7	8-5	5-15	0-1	.382	.500	198	252

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Walther Christian Academy	0	0	0	.3	0	.5	0	-	3.5	2.0	2.7
Taft	2.1	.8	.7	.9	1.0	1.3	.7	4.0	5.8	7.2	2.3

Team Stat Comparison

Walther Christian Academy		Taft
-	Batting Average	.306
-	On Base Percentage	.431
-	Slugging Percentage	.404
-	Fielding Percentage	.879
-	Win Loss Percentage	.750

Team Leaders

Walther Christian Academy		Taft	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#14 Jacob French1.000	.239
-	On Base Percentage	#14 Jacob French1.000	.377
-	Slugging Percentage	#14 Jacob French1.000	.299
-	Fielding Percentage	#10 Nathan Meara1.000	.862
-	Win Loss Percentage	#30 Wes Blitz1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Walther Christian Academy	0-3		Taft	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/18/24	Walther Christian Academy	Holy Trinity	(L) 19-2	4/27/24	Taft	Holy Trinity	(L) 6-3
4/25/24	Holy Trinity	Walther Christian Academy	(L) 11-2
5/6/24	Walther Christian Academy	Holy Trinity	(L) 9-2

Record Breakdown

Walther Christian Academy (23-24)		Taft (23-24)
6-12	Overall	13-21
6-7	League	7-8
0-4	Non-League	6-12
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-3	Common Opponent	0-1
5-4	Home	8-5
1-8	Away	5-15
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	0-2
6-12	In-State	13-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1