Softball Recap: Thursday's Win Is Taft's Tenth in Last 12 Outings

Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Taft walked away with it. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Hutto Hippos on Thursday. Six seems to be a good number for the Raiders as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Alyssa Rangel

Batters Struck Out

05/01/25 @ Hutto	7
04/26/25 vs Johnson	10
04/25/25 vs Johnson	7
04/15/25 vs Brennan	13
04/10/25 vs Sotomayor	11
+ 6 more games

Alyssa Rangel made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 11 consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one double.

In other batting news, Sophia Quiroz was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and one double. Briana Aguilar was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run.

Taft has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Hutto, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-13.

Taft will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Hippos: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.