Baseball Recap: Taylorsville Sets Scoring Season-High Against Leake County

Tartars

Team Score (Highest)

04/01/25 @ Leake County	16
04/01/25 vs Leake County	15
03/28/25 vs Newton	14
02/22/25 vs Raleigh	14
03/17/25 @ Richton	13

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Taylorsville). Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Leake County Gators a 16-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Tartars' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three matchups.

Noah Westbrook was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed no walks, which is notable because Taylorsville is 3-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 7-8 otherwise. Westbrook was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 1-for-3. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in February.

In other batting news, Trey Barnes was incredible, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with one home run, two stolen bases, and three runs. He has become a key player for Taylorsville: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 5-9 otherwise. Caden Bester was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing four bases.

Taylorsville always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Taylorsville is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Leake County, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-6.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Taylorsville will venture away from home to take on Pisgah at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Leake County, they will head out to challenge Leake Central at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.