The Taft Wildcats will be playing at home against the Santa Ynez Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Taft has seven straight victories, Santa Ynez has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Taft is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Delano (and have done all season long). Taft beat Delano on Thursday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 10-3.
Chase Phillips was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). Phillips has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Phillips was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brock Heber, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a stolen base, and a run. William Espinoza was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Santa Ynez fell victim to Lompoc and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 7-0 to the Braves.
Santa Ynez saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dallas Deforest, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Taft has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 18-9 record this season. As for Santa Ynez, they now have a losing record at 11-12.
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