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Highland Park Taft

Giants

Eagles

The Taft (Chicago, IL) freshman baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Highland Park (IL) by a score of 13-10.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Highland Park	1	0	3	6	-	-	-	10	4	2
Taft	3	3	7	-	-	-	-	13	4	5

Final score provided by J. Romano.

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Game Stats

Highland Park (23-24)

Highland Park has not entered stats for this game.

Taft (23-24)

Taft

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	GS
	Team Totals	.308	28	13	13	4	5	9
5	J. Garcia-Colon (Fr)	.000	3	2	1	0	1	1
8	Adam Saadeh (Fr)	.333	4	3	2	1	0	1
10	Connor Strlek (Fr)		3	0	2	0	0	1
14	Angel Rivera (Fr)	1.000	3	1	2	1	2	1
15	Calvin Malarski (Fr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0	1
18	C. Olmstead (Fr)		3	0	3	0	0	1
28	Nathan Zachacki (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	1
33	Maxwell Carlson (Fr)	.500	3	2	0	1	1	1
42	Johan Vivar (Fr)	.000	3	1	2	0	0	1

Taft

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	14	6	1	2	9	.679	.307	.987
5	J. Garcia-Colon (Fr)	1	1	0	0	4	.333	.000	.333
8	Adam Saadeh (Fr)	1	1	0	1	0	.500	.333	.833
10	Connor Strlek (Fr)	2	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.000
14	Angel Rivera (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
15	Calvin Malarski (Fr)	2	0	0	1	0	.667	.000	.667
18	C. Olmstead (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
28	Nathan Zachacki (Fr)	0	2	0	0	3	.333	.333	.666
33	Maxwell Carlson (Fr)	1	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
42	Johan Vivar (Fr)	2	1	0	0	2	.667	.000	.667

Taft

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	7	7
8	Adam Saadeh (Fr)	1	1
10	Connor Strlek (Fr)	1	1
14	Angel Rivera (Fr)	2	2
15	Calvin Malarski (Fr)	1	1
42	Johan Vivar (Fr)	2	2

Taft

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.737	19	12	2	5
4	Tayshawn Miller (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	J. Garcia-Colon (Fr)	.500	2	0	1	1
8	Adam Saadeh (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
10	Connor Strlek (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
18	C. Olmstead (Fr)	.800	5	4	0	1
33	Maxwell Carlson (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
42	Johan Vivar (Fr)	.000	2	0	0	2
56	Nate Adams (Fr)	.500	2	0	1	1

Taft

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	8.75	1	1.000	3
4	Tayshawn Miller (Fr)	7.00	1	1.000	1
14	Angel Rivera (Fr)	3.50	0		1
56	Nate Adams (Fr)	21.00	0		1

Taft

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	4	10	5	10	3	31	20
4	Tayshawn Miller (Fr)	1	0	1	1	3	0	6	3
14	Angel Rivera (Fr)	2	1	3	1	3	3	13	9
56	Nate Adams (Fr)	1	3	6	3	4	0	12	8

Taft

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.200	.484	6	1	115	3
4	Tayshawn Miller (Fr)	.000	.500	2	0	23	1
14	Angel Rivera (Fr)	.111	.385	2	1	46	2
56	Nate Adams (Fr)	.375	.583	2	0	46	0

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Taft gets by Highland Park

March 16, 2024: Chicago, IL 60631

Spectators at Saturday's non-league battle between the Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL) and the visiting Highland Park Giants (Highland Park, IL), saw Taft's baseball squad knock off Highland Park by a count of 13-10.

Coming up next, the Eagles play the Maine East Blue Demons (Park Ridge, IL) in a non-league battle, on Tuesday, March 19. Taft will attempt to move on its 1-1 season record.

The Giants now possess a 1-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Evanston for a non-league battle on Wednesday, March 20.

Players of the Game

Highland Park (23-24)

Highland Park has not selected any Players of the Game.

Taft (23-24)

Congratulations to #14 Angel Rivera for being selected the Taft Freshman Baseball Player of the Game.

Highland Park @ Taft Baseball Game Info

Sat., Mar. 16, 2024 @ 1p

HP Frosh Field

The Taft (Chicago, IL) freshman baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Highland Park (IL) by a score of 13-10.

Rankings & Records

Highland Park (23-24)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	RF	RA
1-2	1-0	0-2	.333	25	23

Taft (23-24)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
8-10-1	4-2-1	6-2	2-8-1	.447	.643	135	131

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Highland Park	2.5	.5	2.5	4.0	3.0	2.0	-	8.3	10.0	1.5
Taft	.8	1.0	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.1	1.0	7.1	4.5	3.0

Head-to-Head

Highland Park won on 3/16/2024

3/16 @ 11a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Taft 1 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 2 3
Highland Park 4 1 2 2 3 2 - 14 16 1

The Taft (Chicago, IL) freshman baseball team lost Saturday's away non-conference game against Highland Park (IL) by a score of 14-4.
Box score
Taft won on 3/16/2024

3/16 @ 1p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Highland Park 1 0 3 6 - - - 10 4 2
Taft 3 3 7 - - - - 13 4 5

The Highland Park (IL) freshman baseball team lost Saturday's away non-conference game against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 13-10.
Box score

3/16 @ 11a	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taft	1	0	0	3	0	0	-	4	2	3
Highland Park	4	1	2	2	3	2	-	14	16	1

Team Stat Comparison

Highland Park		Taft
-	Batting Average	.251
-	On Base Percentage	.443
-	Slugging Percentage	.330
-	Fielding Percentage	.866
-	Win Loss Percentage	.444

Team Leaders

Highland Park		Taft	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#24 Yadiel Valentin.444	.258
-	On Base Percentage	#24 Yadiel Valentin.565	.408
-	Slugging Percentage	#27 Alexander Arteaga.640	.320
-	Fielding Percentage	#1 Alexander Ricken1.000	.852
-	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Alexander Ricken1.000	.588

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland Park	0-0		Taft	1-3

Date	Away	Home	Date	Away	Home	Result
5/9/24	Niles West	Highland Park	3/25/24	Taft	Niles West	(L) 9-7
5/11/24	New Trier	Highland Park	3/25/24	Taft	New Trier	(L) 13-3
5/13/24	Highland Park	Maine East	3/19/24	Taft	Maine East	(W) 8-4
5/15/24	Maine East	Highland Park
5/18/24	Highland Park	Saint Viator	4/30/24	Taft	Saint Viator	(L) 10-4

Record Breakdown

Highland Park (23-24)		Taft (23-24)
1-2	Overall	8-10-1
0-0	League	4-2-1
1-2	Non-League	4-8
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
0-0	Common Opponent	1-3
1-0	Home	6-2
0-2	Away	2-8-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-2	In-State	8-10-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0