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Taft Niles West

Eagles

Wolves

The Niles West (Skokie, IL) freshman baseball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 9-7.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taft	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	7	8	2
Niles West	0	0	2	6	0	1	-	9	4	4

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Game Stats

Taft (23-24)

Taft

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.267	36	30	7	8	4
1	A. Ricken (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1
2	James Fasuna (Fr)		1	0	0	0	0
5	J. Garcia-Colon (Fr)	.667	3	3	0	2	1
14	Angel Rivera (Fr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0
15	Calvin Malarski (Fr)	.250	4	4	0	1	2
18	C. Olmstead (Fr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0
22	Aiden Mendez (Fr)	.500	2	2	1	1	0
24	Yadiel Valentin (Fr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0
27	A. Arteaga (Fr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0
30	J. Dennewitz (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
31	Ryan Ridgeway (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
56	Nate Adams (Fr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	9	1	3	8	.389	.266	.656
1	A. Ricken (Fr)	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
2	James Fasuna (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
5	J. Garcia-Colon (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.666	1.334
14	Angel Rivera (Fr)	1	1	0	1	1	.500	.333	.833
15	Calvin Malarski (Fr)	0	2	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
18	C. Olmstead (Fr)	1	1	0	0	5	.250	.000	.250
22	Aiden Mendez (Fr)	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	1.000
24	Yadiel Valentin (Fr)	0	0	0	1	3	.500	.500	1.000
27	A. Arteaga (Fr)	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.000	.250
30	J. Dennewitz (Fr)	0	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
31	Ryan Ridgeway (Fr)	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
56	Nate Adams (Fr)	2	1	0	0	2	.667	.000	.667

Taft

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
1	A. Ricken (Fr)	1
5	J. Garcia-Colon (Fr)	1
14	Angel Rivera (Fr)	1
15	Calvin Malarski (Fr)	1
24	Yadiel Valentin (Fr)	1

Taft

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.920	25	18	5	2
2	James Fasuna (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
5	J. Garcia-Colon (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
15	Calvin Malarski (Fr)	.667	3	1	1	1
18	C. Olmstead (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
24	Yadiel Valentin (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
27	A. Arteaga (Fr)	.929	14	11	2	1

Taft

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	9.33	1	.000	1
2	James Fasuna (Fr)	4.67	0		1
22	Aiden Mendez (Fr)	63.00	1	.000	1
30	J. Dennewitz (Fr)	0.00	0		1
31	Ryan Ridgeway (Fr)		0		1

Taft

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	4	9	8	9	11	35	21
2	James Fasuna (Fr)	3	3	2	2	4	4	14	10
22	Aiden Mendez (Fr)	.2	1	6	6	2	1	10	3
30	J. Dennewitz (Fr)	2.1	0	1	0	3	6	11	8

Taft

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.190	.514	5	153	8
2	James Fasuna (Fr)	.300	.500	0	63	2
22	Aiden Mendez (Fr)	.333	.800	5	39	2
30	J. Dennewitz (Fr)	.000	.273	0	51	4

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Niles West (23-24)

Niles West has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Taft tipped by Niles West

March 25, 2024: Skokie, IL 60077

The Niles West Wolves the visiting Taft Eagles baseball team by a count of 9-7 in Monday's non-league bout.

The Wolves now possess a 1-0 record. They take the field next when they host Hoffman Estates for a non-league bout on Thursday, April 4.

Next, the Eagles face the New Trier Trevians (Winnetka, IL) in a non-league bout, on Monday, March 25. Taft will attempt to move on its 2-3 season record.

Players of the Game

Taft (23-24)

Congratulations to #30 Joshua Dennewitz for being selected the Taft Freshman Baseball Player of the Game.

Niles West (23-24)

Niles West has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Taft (23-24)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
7-7	3-2	5-2	2-5	.500	.600	112	98

Niles West (23-24)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	RF	RA
1-0	1-0	0-0	1.000	9	7

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taft	.6	1.8	2.4	1.9	1.9	1.2	.5	8.0	5.1	3.0
Niles West	0	0	2.0	6.0	0	1.0	-	9.0	4.0	4.0

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Niles West
.260	Batting Average	-
.460	On Base Percentage	-
.347	Slugging Percentage	-
.864	Fielding Percentage	-
.444	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Taft		Niles West	National Avg.
#24 Yadiel Valentin.583	Batting Average	-	.259
#24 Yadiel Valentin.643	On Base Percentage	-	.409
#24 Yadiel Valentin.750	Slugging Percentage	-	.321
#1 Alexander Ricken1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.853
#14 Angel Rivera1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.590

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	1-1		Niles West	0-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
3/16/24	Taft	Highland Park	(L) 14-4		5/7/24	Highland Park	Niles West
3/16/24	Highland Park	Taft	(W) 13-10		5/9/24	Niles West	Highland Park

Record Breakdown

Taft (23-24)		Niles West (23-24)
7-7	Overall	1-0
3-2	League	0-0
4-5	Non-League	1-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-1	Common Opponent	0-0
5-2	Home	1-0
2-5	Away	0-0
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-7	In-State	1-0
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0