It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Taravella can now relate to. They lost 6-0 to the Western Wildcats on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 20 runs in the game before, Taravella's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Taravella saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jeremiah Mcfarlane, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Taravella didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Western only tossed five.
On Western's side, not much got past Mason Blocker, who gave up just four hits to keep Taravella off the board.
On the hitting side, Danny Ortega was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Taravella has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 15-11 record this season. As for Western, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-8.
As of now, neither Taravella nor Western have any future games scheduled.
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