Baseball Preview: Taylor Wildcats vs. Interlachen Rams
Taylor is 9-1 against Interlachen since March of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Taylor Wildcats will be playing at home against the Interlachen Rams at 6:30 p.m. One thing working in Taylor's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last three matchups.
Taylor can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They blew past Lake Mary Prep 13-3.
Jacob Rivera made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Rivera was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Taylor got a big performance out of Peyton Fender, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Drew Moyer was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Interlachen came up short against Matanzas on Tuesday and fell 5-1. Interlachen has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Interlachen saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cason Thomas, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base.
Taylor's win bumped their record up to 7-11. As for Interlachen, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 7-11.
Taylor suffered a grim 12-2 defeat to Interlachen when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Interlachen's Cason Turner, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that Taylor knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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