Baseball Preview: Taylor Ducks vs. Smithville Tigers
Taylor is 6-1 against Smithville since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Taylor Ducks will head out on the road to take on the Smithville Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Taylor barely beat Giddings the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Everything went Taylor's way against Giddings on Friday as Taylor made off with a 10-1 victory. Winning may never get old, but Taylor sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Chris Perez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Taylor let Braylan Alderete and Dominick Hartman loose on the outfield. Alderete got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and three RBI, while Hartman went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a double. Nick Treuter was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Smithville proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by eight) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Manor New Tech out 11-9. 11 seems to be a good number for Smithville as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Frankie Andrada, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Payton Lynch, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Taylor's victory bumped their record up to 12-10-2. As for Smithville, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-12-1.
Everything went Taylor's way against Smithville in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Taylor made off with an 11-0 victory. Will Taylor repeat their success, or does Smithville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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