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Taft Wheeling

Eagles

Wildcats

The Wheeling (IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 8-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taft	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	7	3
Wheeling	1	4	1	0	2	0	-	8	8	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Taft (24-25)

Taft

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.250	31	28	5	7	5
2	I. Rodriguez (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1
21	Jordan Ortega (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
1 / 6	Danny Marr (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2	1
12/13	Nathan Meara (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0
14/9	Lucas Espinosa (Jr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1
22/99	Evan Jocic (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0
29/5	Carlos Gonzalez (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0
3/17	Ryan Urbina (Jr)	.000	3	2	1	0	1
42/16	Julian Muntean (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1
44/18	Wes Blitz (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
6/47	Andrew Korolis (Jr)	.500	3	2	2	1	0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	6	1	5	.323	.250	.573
2	I. Rodriguez (Jr)	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500
21	Jordan Ortega (Sr)	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
1 / 6	Danny Marr (Sr)	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
12/13	Nathan Meara (Sr)	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
14/9	Lucas Espinosa (Jr)	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
22/99	Evan Jocic (Sr)	0	2	0	4	.333	.333	.666
3/17	Ryan Urbina (Jr)	0	1	1	0	.333	.000	.333
42/16	Julian Muntean (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
44/18	Wes Blitz (Sr)	0	1	0	5	.000	.000	.000
6/47	Andrew Korolis (Jr)	1	1	0	0	.667	.500	1.167

Taft

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
14/9	Lucas Espinosa (Jr)	1
42/16	Julian Muntean (Jr)	1
6/47	Andrew Korolis (Jr)	2

Taft

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.875	24	18	3	3
2	I. Rodriguez (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
8	Elias Nanos (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
1 / 6	Danny Marr (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
12/13	Nathan Meara (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
14/9	Lucas Espinosa (Jr)	.600	5	2	1	2
22/99	Evan Jocic (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
3/17	Ryan Urbina (Jr)	1.000	6	5	1	0
44/18	Wes Blitz (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
6/47	Andrew Korolis (Jr)	.750	4	2	1	1

Taft

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.50	1
8	Elias Nanos (Sr)	0.00	1
13/3	C. Rodriguez-Estrada (Jr)	0.00	1
5/11	John Romano (Jr)	7.00	1
9/49	Jacob French (Sr)	10.50	1

Taft

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	8	8	3	5	4	33	26
8	Elias Nanos (Sr)	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	7	7
13/3	C. Rodriguez-Estrada (Jr)	2	3	5	0	1	2	12	10
5/11	John Romano (Jr)	1	2	1	1	2	0	6	4
9/49	Jacob French (Sr)	1.1	1	2	2	2	2	8	5

Taft

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.308	.455	1	2	117	3
8	Elias Nanos (Sr)	.286	.286	0	0	26	1
13/3	C. Rodriguez-Estrada (Jr)	.300	.417	0	1	37	0
5/11	John Romano (Jr)	.500	.667	1	0	21	0
9/49	Jacob French (Sr)	.200	.500	0	1	33	2

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Wheeling (24-25)

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Taft loses to Wheeling

May 24, 2025: Wheeling, IL 60090

In Saturday's non-league bout, the Wheeling Wildcats (Wheeling, IL) baseball squad the visiting Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL), by a tally of 8-5.

Next up, the Wildcats encounter the Mundelein Mustangs (Mundelein, IL) in a non-league bout, on Wednesday, May 28. Wheeling will attempt to upgrade on its 13-20 season record. The Mustangs enter the bout with a 21-10 record after their 6-5 non-league loss to Barrington (Barrington, IL).

Taft @ Wheeling Baseball Game Info

Sat., May. 24, 2025 @ 10a

The Wheeling (IL) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 8-5.

Rankings & Records

Taft (24-25)

IL	Class
360	119

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-20	8-6	9-6	6-12	1-2	.444	.571	245	224

Wheeling (24-25)

IL	Class
335	111

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-21	3-13	9-9	3-11	1-1	.382	.188	192	232

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Taft	1.6	1.2	.9	1.1	.9	.9	.8	0	6.8	7.8	2.4
Wheeling	1.1	.6	.9	.5	.8	.6	.9	1.0	5.6	6.7	2.1

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Wheeling
.314	Batting Average	-
.428	On Base Percentage	-
.423	Slugging Percentage	-
.901	Fielding Percentage	-
.786	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Taft		Wheeling	National Avg.
7/20 Tom Gentile.750	Batting Average	-	.239
7/20 Tom Gentile.800	On Base Percentage	-	.379
50/35 Daniel Alvarez1.500	Slugging Percentage	-	.302
13/3 Camila Rodriguez-Estrada1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.860
1 / 6 Danny Marr1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	0-1		Wheeling	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
4/19/25	Taft	Elk Grove	(L) 9-7		4/28/25	Wheeling	Elk Grove	(L) 7-3
					4/30/25	Elk Grove	Wheeling	(L) 8-4

Record Breakdown

Taft (24-25)		Wheeling (24-25)
16-20	Overall	13-21
8-6	League	3-13
7-12	Non-League	10-8
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	0-2
9-6	Home	9-9
6-12	Away	3-11
1-2	Neutral	1-1
1-1	Playoff	0-0
15-18	In-State	13-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1