Baseball Preview: Taft Eagles vs. Payton College Prep Grizzlies
The Taft Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Payton College Prep Grizzlies at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Taft will head into Monday's matchup eager for some revenge after what happened against Whitney Young: Taft managed to slip by Whitney Young the last time these teams faced off, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Taft suffered a rough 15-4 loss at the hands of Whitney Young on Monday.
Taft got a good showing from Jordan Lopez, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
At the plate, Taft saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rhett Nunez, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jacob Younan, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 18 runs the game before, Payton College Prep was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ogden International.
Taft's defeat dropped their record down to 10-9. As for Payton College Prep, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-11-1 record this season.
Taft skirted past Payton College Prep 5-4 in their previous meeting last Saturday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Payton College Prep's Derek Patton, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Taft still be able to contain Patton? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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