Baseball Recap: Taft Extends Winning Streak to Four

Tigers

Margin (Wins)

03/31/25 vs Dayton	23
04/04/25 @ Willamina	20
04/02/25 @ Dayton	18
04/08/25 vs Willamina	14
04/30/25 @ Yamhill-Carlton	13

Taft waltzed into their game on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the Santiam Christian Eagles get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 matchups by six runs or more this season.

Zack Hankins made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 18 over seven innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in 11 consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.

In other batting news, Trenton Battle was excellent, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Taft was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Santiam Christian only posted a batting average of .048.

Taft's win bumped their record up to 14-4. As for Santiam Christian, they moved to 19-4 with that defeat, which also ended their 17-game winning streak.

Taft will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Eagles: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.