Baseball Recap: Taft Victorious

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Previous 6 Games

03/28/25 - Home	9-7 W
05/28/21 - Home	8-1 W
05/14/21 - Away	1-13 L
04/28/21 - Away	10-5 W
03/06/20 - Home	4-16 L
02/27/15 - Away	5-9 L

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Kerman, Taft was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They skirted past the Garces Memorial Rams 9-7. The Wildcats have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Rams, too.

William Espinoza made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Espinoza was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.

Espinoza wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brock Heber, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Heber also put up a double, which was his first of the season. Another was Dylan Clark, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

Taft has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a massive bump to their 3-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs over those games. As for Garces Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 7-2.

Taft wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, an 11-8 defeat against Chavez on the 1st. As for Garces Memorial, they have also already played their next contest, a 7-3 loss against Centennial on the 31st.