Baseball Recap: Edgewood Has No Trouble Against Bassett

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Previous 5 Games

03/20/25 - Away	12-0 W
03/15/24 - Home	11-2 W
04/26/23 - Home	12-0 W
03/02/23 - Away	17-0 W
04/29/22 - Home	29-3 W

Edgewood won the last time they faced Bassett and things went their way on Thursday too. The Edgewood Lions never let the Bassett Olympians get on the board and left with a 12-0 victory. That looming 12-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Lions yet this season.

Raymond Tafolla made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Tafolla was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Maddox Murillo, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Kameron Tsang, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-2.

Edgewood always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .515. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bassett only posted an OBP of .133.

The win made it two in a row for Edgewood and bumps their season record up to 3-5. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 9.5 strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.5 in the others. As for Bassett, they dropped their record down to 0-6 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.

Coming up, Edgewood will venture away from home to take on Pomona at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pomona is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.7 runs per game this season. As for Bassett, they will welcome Ganesha at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bassett has given up an average of 15.8 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.