Softball Recap: Taft picks up third straight win at home

By Team Reports Apr 18, 2024, 9:54pm

Softball Recap: Taft Wildcats vs. Wasco Tigers

Taft came tearing into Thursday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-6 victory over the Wasco Tigers. That's two games straight that Taft has won by exactly two runs.

KATELYNN MOORE was a standout: she scored two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of CADENCE MIZENER, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.

On Wasco's side, Jazzy Juarez and Abby Salazar did some serious damage despite the final result: Juarez scored two runs while going 3-for-3, while Salazar went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.

Taft pushed their record up to 19-2-1 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Wasco, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-6.

Taft will be playing in front of their home fans against Shafter at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Shafter's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last four contests. As for Wasco, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Chavez at 4:00 p.m. on April 30th.

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