Taft won against Scio last Saturday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Taft Tigers walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Valley Catholic Valiants. That's two games straight that Taft has won by exactly three runs.
Zack Hankins made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Hankins was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Evan Halferty was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Taft pushed their record up to 15-7 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Valley Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 18-7.
As of now, neither Taft nor Valley Catholic have any future games scheduled.
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