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Taft Morro Bay

Wildcats

Pirates

The Morro Bay (CA) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Taft (CA) by a score of 7-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taft	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	4	5
Morro Bay	6	0	0	0	1	0	-	7	6	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Morro Bay (23-24)

Taft

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.167	37	24	5	4	3
1	Dylan Clark (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0
2	Cash Clark (Jr)	.333	4	3	1	1	2
3	Carson Rodart (Sr)	.333	5	3	2	1	1
4	Ethan Ward (Sr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0
9	Brock Heber (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0
16	Sawyer Merlak (Jr)	.000	2	1	0	0	0
17	Ben Nuncio (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
25	W. Espinoza (Jr)	.500	4	2	0	1	0
26	Lane Cash (So)	1.000	4	1	1	1	0

Morro Bay

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.222	31	27	7	6	5
1	Caleb Calhoun	.000	4	4	1	0	0
5	Hank Pilnick	.667	3	3	1	2	1
6	Brayden Bond	.000	1	1	0	0	0
9	Cruz Wilkenson	.000	3	2	1	0	0
10	Aidan Hunt	.000	3	3	0	0	0
11	Timmy Taylor	.000	2	2	0	0	0
17	Emmitt Wilson	.500	3	2	1	1	0
22	Cody Waldon	.000	1	1	1	0	0
26	Colton White	.000	2	1	1	0	0
27	Quentin Crotts	.333	4	3	1	1	1
35	Eli Brown	.000	2	2	0	0	1
	Frankie Ainley	.667	3	3	0	2	2

Taft

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	12	11	1	26	.459	.166	.626
1	Dylan Clark (Jr)	1	1	0	2	.250	.000	.250
2	Cash Clark (Jr)	1	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
3	Carson Rodart (Sr)	2	1	0	1	.600	.333	.933
4	Ethan Ward (Sr)	2	1	0	5	.500	.000	.500
9	Brock Heber (Jr)	1	1	0	5	.250	.000	.250
16	Sawyer Merlak (Jr)	1	1	0	3	.500	.000	.500
17	Ben Nuncio (So)	0	4	0	8	.000	.000	.000
25	W. Espinoza (Jr)	1	1	1	0	.750	.500	1.250
26	Lane Cash (So)	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Morro Bay

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	8	3	2	6	.323	.222	.545
1	Caleb Calhoun	0	0	1	1	3	.000	.000	.000
5	Hank Pilnick	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.666	1.334
6	Brayden Bond	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Cruz Wilkenson	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.000	.333
10	Aidan Hunt	0	2	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
11	Timmy Taylor	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
17	Emmitt Wilson	1	0	1	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
22	Cody Waldon	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
26	Colton White	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
27	Quentin Crotts	1	2	0	0	3	.500	.333	.833
35	Eli Brown	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
	Frankie Ainley	0	0	0	0	2	.667	.666	1.334

Taft

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	7
1	Dylan Clark (Jr)	1
2	Cash Clark (Jr)	2
3	Carson Rodart (Sr)	2
26	Lane Cash (So)	2

Morro Bay

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
1	Caleb Calhoun	1
9	Cruz Wilkenson	1

Taft

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.821	28	18	5	5
1	Dylan Clark (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
2	Cash Clark (Jr)	.500	4	0	2	2
3	Carson Rodart (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
6	Rowdy Kenley (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
9	Brock Heber (Jr)	.800	5	3	1	1
17	Ben Nuncio (So)	.750	4	1	2	1
25	W. Espinoza (Jr)	.889	9	8	0	1

Morro Bay

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	25	21	4
6	Brayden Bond	1.000	2	2	0
10	Aidan Hunt	1.000	1	0	1
11	Timmy Taylor	1.000	5	5	0
17	Emmitt Wilson	1.000	4	4	0
22	Cody Waldon	1.000	1	1	0
26	Colton White	1.000	7	6	1
27	Quentin Crotts	1.000	4	2	2
	Frankie Ainley	1.000	1	1	0

Taft

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	2.33	1	.000	2	1
17	Ben Nuncio (So)	0.00			1
24	Chase Phillips (Sr)	4.67	1	.000	1	1

Morro Bay

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	4.00	1	1.000	1	1
6	Brayden Bond	0.00	0		1	0
9	Cruz Wilkenson	0.00	0		1	0
11	Timmy Taylor	31.50	0		1	0
17	Emmitt Wilson	0.00	0		1	1
35	Eli Brown	2.62	1	1.000	1	0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	4	7	2	4	8	31	27
17	Ben Nuncio (So)	3	1	1	0	0	4	12	12
24	Chase Phillips (Sr)	3	3	6	2	4	4	19	15

Morro Bay

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	5	4	12	11	37	24
6	Brayden Bond	1	0	0	0	2	1	5	3
9	Cruz Wilkenson	1.2	1	1	0	1	2	8	6
11	Timmy Taylor	.2	3	3	3	3	1	7	4
17	Emmitt Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3
35	Eli Brown	2.2	0	1	1	6	5	14	8

Taft

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.148	.258	123	5
17	Ben Nuncio (So)	.083	.083	37	0
24	Chase Phillips (Sr)	.200	.368	86	5

Morro Bay

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.167	.459	3	1	161	4
6	Brayden Bond	.000	.400	0	0	19	0
9	Cruz Wilkenson	.167	.375	1	1	31	1
11	Timmy Taylor	.750	.857	2	0	37	1
17	Emmitt Wilson	.000	.000	0	0	9	1
35	Eli Brown	.000	.429	0	0	65	1

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Game Story

California High School Baseball - Morro Bay gets by Taft

March 8, 2024: Morro Bay, CA 93442

Spectators at Friday's non-league battle between the Morro Bay Pirates (Morro Bay, CA) and the visiting Taft Wildcats (Taft, CA), saw Morro Bay's baseball squad knock off Taft by a count of 7-5.

Coming up next, the Pirates play the Atascadero Greyhounds (Atascadero, CA) in a non-league battle, on Saturday, March 9. Morro Bay will attempt to move on its 3-2 season record. The Greyhounds enter the battle with a 3-2 record after their 1-0 non-league win over Paso Robles (Paso Robles, CA).

The Wildcats now possess a 4-5 record. They take the field next when they travel to Arvin for a non-league battle on Tuesday, March 12. Taft will play a Bears squad coming off a 4-2 non-league loss to Highland (Bakersfield, CA). The Bears record now stands at 5-4.

Taft @ Morro Bay Baseball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 8, 2024 @ 6:30p

The Morro Bay (CA) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Taft (CA) by a score of 7-5.

Rankings & Records

Taft (23-24)

CA	Section
432	43

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
19-10	11-1	8-4	8-5	3-1	.655	.917	189	145

Morro Bay (23-24)

CA	Section
731	73

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
7-17	2-10	7-7	0-9	0-1	.292	.167	88	116

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Taft	1.3	.9	.8	.9	1.7	.7	.3	1.5	6.5	7.6	2.3
Morro Bay	.8	.1	.6	.8	.4	.7	.2	.5	3.7	5.8	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Morro Bay
.301	Batting Average	.214
.444	On Base Percentage	.329
.389	Slugging Percentage	.271
.910	Fielding Percentage	.934
.690	Win Loss Percentage	.333

Team Leaders

Taft		Morro Bay	National Avg.
#2 Cash Clark.478	Batting Average	#33 Evan Davis.500	.239
#3 Carson Rodart.589	On Base Percentage	#33 Evan Davis.500	.377
#2 Cash Clark.630	Slugging Percentage	#33 Evan Davis.500	.299
#28 Jonathan Wallace1.000	Fielding Percentage	#1 Caleb Calhoun1.000	.862
#26 Lane Cash1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#35 Eli Brown1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	2-2		Morro Bay	2-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/24/24	Taft	Lompoc	(W) 12-9	3/20/24	Lompoc	Morro Bay	(L) 2-1
				4/17/24	Morro Bay	Lompoc	(L) 8-2
				4/19/24	Lompoc	Morro Bay	(L) 6-0
2/28/24	Taft	Pioneer Valley	(L) 4-3	3/27/24	Pioneer Valley	Morro Bay	(W) 7-2
				4/30/24	Morro Bay	Pioneer Valley	(L) 4-3
				5/3/24	Pioneer Valley	Morro Bay	(L) 5-1
3/12/24	Taft	Arvin	(L) 11-5	3/5/24	Arvin	Morro Bay	(W) 5-0
5/14/24	Santa Ynez	Taft	(W) 3-1	3/22/24	Morro Bay	Santa Ynez	(L) 8-3
				4/24/24	Santa Ynez	Morro Bay	(L) 1-0
				4/26/24	Morro Bay	Santa Ynez	(L) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Taft (23-24)		Morro Bay (23-24)
19-10	Overall	7-17
11-1	League	2-10
4-7	Non-League	4-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-2	Common Opponent	2-8
8-4	Home	7-7
8-5	Away	0-9
3-1	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	0-0
19-10	In-State	7-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0