Baseball Preview: Taft Wildcats vs. Shafter Generals
Taft is 9-0-1 against Shafter since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Taft Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Shafter Generals at 4:00 p.m. Taft is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Taft's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Shafter with a sharp 11-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Taft.
Taft got a great performance from Chase Phillips as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on William Espinoza, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Brock Heber, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Taft has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Shafter, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-6.
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