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Taft Plainfield Central

Eagles

Wildcats

The Plainfield Central (Plainfield, IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 10-0.

Game Details: Game switched to an away game at PCHS.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taft	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	5	3
Plainfield Central	5	0	1	0	4	-	-	10	8	0

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Box Score
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Game Stats

Taft (23-24)

Taft

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	H
	Team Totals	.294	18	17	5
1	I. Rodriguez (So)	.500	2	2	1
2	Henry Malarski (Sr)	1.000	2	2	2
6	Rhett Nunez (Sr)	.000	2	2	0
9	Angel Mohammad (Sr)	.500	2	2	1
11	Evan Jocic (Jr)	.000	2	2	0
12	Jacob Younan (Sr)	.000	2	2	0
17	Joe Kraushaar (Sr)	.000	2	2	0
18	Elias Nanos (Jr)	.500	2	2	1
23	Justin Butcher (Sr)	.000	2	1	0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	3	.333	.294	.627
1	I. Rodriguez (So)	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
2	Henry Malarski (Sr)	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
6	Rhett Nunez (Sr)	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
9	Angel Mohammad (Sr)	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
11	Evan Jocic (Jr)	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
12	Jacob Younan (Sr)	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
17	Joe Kraushaar (Sr)	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000
18	Elias Nanos (Jr)	0	1	0	.500	.500	1.000
23	Justin Butcher (Sr)	1	1	0	.500	.000	.500

Taft

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.824	17	13	1	3
1	I. Rodriguez (So)	.500	2	1	0	1
2	Henry Malarski (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1
6	Rhett Nunez (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
9	Angel Mohammad (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1
14	Jacob French (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
17	Joe Kraushaar (Sr)	1.000	5	4	1	0
23	Justin Butcher (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
30	Wes Blitz (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Taft

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.85	1
14	Jacob French (Jr)	10.50	1
33	R. Gonzalez (Sr)	0.00	1
88	Joe Falkowski (Jr)	0.00	1

Taft

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4.1	8	10	3	3	4	28	23
14	Jacob French (Jr)	2	3	5	3	1	1	12	10
33	R. Gonzalez (Sr)	2	4	5	0	2	2	13	11
88	Joe Falkowski (Jr)	.1	1	0	0	0	1	3	2

Taft

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.348	.464	2	97	1
14	Jacob French (Jr)	.300	.417	1	40	0
33	R. Gonzalez (Sr)	.364	.462	0	48	1
88	Joe Falkowski (Jr)	.500	.667	1	9	0

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Plainfield Central (23-24)

Plainfield Central has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Plainfield Central wallops Taft

April 6, 2024: Plainfield, IL 60544

In Saturday's non-league challenge, the Plainfield Central Wildcats (Plainfield, IL) baseball squad triumphed over the visiting Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL), by a final score of 10-0.

With the win, Plainfield Central upgrades its record to 4-4 on the season. The Wildcats host West Aurora (Aurora, IL) to battle the Blackhawks in a non-league challenge on Monday, April 8. The Blackhawks come into the challenge with a record of 4-2. West Aurora lost 7-1 in their recent non-league challenge against Plainfield East (Plainfield, IL)

With the defeat, Taft falls to 3-5 on the season. The Eagles host Northside (Chicago, IL) to battle the Mustangs in a non-league challenge on Monday, April 8. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a record of 2-4. Northside lost 10-3 in their recent league challenge against Ogden International (Chicago, IL)

Rankings & Records

Taft (23-24)

IL	Class
307	113

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

Plainfield Central (23-24)

IL	Class
135	69

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
17-13	8-4	7-7	9-5	1-1	.567	.667	211	177

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Taft	2.1	.8	.7	.9	1.0	1.3	.7	4.0	5.8	7.2	2.3
Plainfield Central	1.7	.3	1.4	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.7	.7	7.0	9.1	1.2

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Plainfield Central
.306	Batting Average	-
.431	On Base Percentage	-
.404	Slugging Percentage	-
.879	Fielding Percentage	-
.750	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Taft		Plainfield Central	National Avg.
#14 Jacob French1.000	Batting Average	-	.239
#14 Jacob French1.000	On Base Percentage	-	.377
#14 Jacob French1.000	Slugging Percentage	-	.299
#10 Nathan Meara1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.862
#30 Wes Blitz1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.536

Record Breakdown

Taft (23-24)		Plainfield Central (23-24)
13-21	Overall	17-13
7-8	League	8-4
6-12	Non-League	8-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
8-5	Home	7-7
5-15	Away	9-5
0-1	Neutral	1-1
0-2	Playoff	1-0
13-20	In-State	17-13
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0