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Taft Highland

Wildcats

Scots

The Highland (Bakersfield, CA) JV baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Taft (CA) by a score of 14-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taft	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	1	5	3
Highland	2	3	3	0	0	6	-	14	7	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Highland (24-25)

Taft

Batting

Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
Team Totals	.250	23	20	1	5	1
Andrew Dill	.000	3	3	0	0	0
Braysen Madesn	.000	2	2	0	0	0
Carter Moore	1.000	3	1	1	1	0
Gage Conners	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Luis Casillas	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Maddox Miller	.333	3	3	0	1	1
Mason Montes	.000	3	3	0	0	0
Ty Heber	1.000	2	2	0	2	0
Xander Griffith	.000	3	2	0	0	0

Highland

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.348	33	23	14	8	12	1	1
1	Tyler Matthews (So)	.500	3	2	0	1	1	0	0
3	Rome Amaral (So)	1.000	2	1	2	1	0	0	0
4	I. Maldonado (So)	.333	4	3	2	1	2	0	0
6	Samuel Barron (So)	.000	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
8	J. Tellez (So)	.000	4	3	1	0	1	0	0
9	Pete Hernandez (Fr)	.333	4	3	2	1	4	0	1
17	I. Villafana (Jr)	.500	3	2	1	1	1	0	0
20	Carson Garcia (So)	1.000	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
21	Jorge Urrea (So)	.333	4	3	3	1	1	0	0
	Jordan Valdez (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	1	0

Taft

Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
Team Totals	3	9	4	.348	.250	.598
Andrew Dill	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Braysen Madesn	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Carter Moore	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Gage Conners	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
Luis Casillas	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
Maddox Miller	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
Mason Montes	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
Ty Heber	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Xander Griffith	1	2	1	.333	.000	.333

Highland

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	7	8	2	3	.531	.522	1.053
1	Tyler Matthews (So)	0	1	1	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
3	Rome Amaral (So)	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
4	I. Maldonado (So)	0	1	1	0	2	.500	.333	.833
6	Samuel Barron (So)	0	1	0	1	1	.667	.000	.667
8	J. Tellez (So)	0	1	1	0	0	.250	.000	.250
9	Pete Hernandez (Fr)	0	1	1	0	0	.500	1.333	1.833
17	I. Villafana (Jr)	0	1	0	0	2	.667	.500	1.167
20	Carson Garcia (So)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
21	Jorge Urrea (So)	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.333	.833
	Jordan Valdez (Jr)	0	0	2	0	2	.333	.667	1.000

Taft

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	4
	Carter Moore	4

Highland

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	7
1	Tyler Matthews (So)	1
3	Rome Amaral (So)	2
4	I. Maldonado (So)	1
17	I. Villafana (Jr)	1
21	Jorge Urrea (So)	2

Taft

Fielding

Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
Team Totals	.875	24	16	5	3	1
Andrew Dill	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
Carter Moore	1.000	2	2	0	0	1
Gage Conners	1.000	3	1	2	0	0
Maddox Miller	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
Mason Montes	.889	9	8	0	1	0
Xander Griffith	.714	7	4	1	2	1

Highland

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.962	26	19	6	1
1	Tyler Matthews (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
4	I. Maldonado (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
6	Samuel Barron (So)	1.000	3	2	1	0
8	J. Tellez (So)	1.000	11	10	1	0
17	I. Villafana (Jr)	1.000	3	0	3	0
20	Carson Garcia (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
21	Jorge Urrea (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
	Jordan Valdez (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Taft

Pitching

Athlete Name	ERA	APP
Team Totals	13.12	1
Maddox Miller	7.00	1
Xander Griffith	31.50	1

Highland

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.11	0	0		1				0
1	Tyler Matthews (So)	0.00	0	0		1				0

Taft

Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
Team Totals	5.1	7	14	10	7	10	1	33	24
Maddox Miller	4	4	8	4	4	10	0	23	18
Xander Griffith	1.1	3	6	6	3	0	1	10	6

Highland

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.1	4	1	1	3	10			0	24	21
1	Tyler Matthews (So)	1	0	0	0	1	3			0	4	3

Taft

Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
Team Totals	.292	.485	1	2	127	8
Maddox Miller	.222	.391	1	1	91	6
Xander Griffith	.500	.700	0	1	36	2

Highland

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.190	.292	2	0			76	2	0	1
1	Tyler Matthews (So)	.000	.250	0	0			18	0	0	1

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Game Story

California High School Baseball - Taft loses to Highland

March 12, 2025: Bakersfield, CA 93306

In Wednesday's non-league bout, the Highland Scots (Bakersfield, CA) baseball squad overwhelmed the visiting Taft Wildcats (Taft, CA), by a tally of 14-1.

Next up, the Scots encounter the Liberty Patriots (Bakersfield, CA) in a non-league bout, on Friday, March 21. Highland will attempt to upgrade on its 6-2 season record.

The Wildcats (0-5) will now prepare for their bout against Kennedy (Delano, CA). The Thunderbirds enter the bout with a 4-1 record. In their last bout, Kennedy achieved victory over Del Oro (Bakersfield, CA), 8-5, in a non-league bout.

Taft @ Highland Baseball Game Info

Wed., Mar. 12, 2025 @ 4p

The Highland (Bakersfield, CA) JV baseball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Taft (CA) by a score of 14-1.

Rankings & Records

Taft (24-25)

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
9-7-2	8-1-1	6-4	3-3-2	.556	.850	121	120

Highland (24-25)

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
15-8	7-5	9-2	6-6	.652	.583	254	116

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taft	1.8	1.1	.6	2.1	.8	.9	1.3	6.7	8.0	2.0
Highland	2.8	2.6	2.2	1.2	2.4	2.5	.7	11.0	8.7	1.5

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Highland
.355	Batting Average	.388
.470	On Base Percentage	.533
.448	Slugging Percentage	.612
.898	Fielding Percentage	.922

Team Leaders

Taft		Highland	National Avg.
Carter Moore.545	Batting Average	#21 Jorge Urrea.523	.258
Carter Moore.643	On Base Percentage	#6 Samuel Barron.667	.413
Carter Moore.727	Slugging Percentage	#21 Jorge Urrea.955	.323
Maddox Miller.963	Fielding Percentage	Elijah Sanchez1.000	.848

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	2-3		Highland	5-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/4/25	Ridgeview	Taft	(L) 11-0	5/5/25	Highland	Ridgeview	(L) 5-4
				5/7/25	Ridgeview	Highland	(L) 6-4
				5/9/25	Highland	Ridgeview	(W) 5-3
3/11/25	Independence	Taft	(L) 18-1	4/21/25	Independence	Highland	(W) 18-7
				4/23/25	Highland	Independence	(W) 20-7
				4/25/25	Independence	Highland	(W) 12-5
3/28/25	Garces Memorial	Taft	(L) 10-1	3/8/25	Highland	Garces Memorial	(L) 14-4
4/8/25	Wasco	Taft	(W) 11-2	3/1/25	Wasco	Highland	(W) 10-0
4/10/25	Taft	Wasco	(W) 10-5

Record Breakdown

Taft (24-25)		Highland (24-25)
9-7-2	Overall	15-8
8-1-1	League	7-5
1-6-1	Non-League	4-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-3	Common Opponent	5-3
6-4	Home	9-2
3-3-2	Away	6-6
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-7-2	In-State	15-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0