Baseball Recap: Thursday's Defeat Ends Taft's Winning Streak

For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Taft and Stevens meet (four straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Thursday. The Taft Raiders took an 8-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Stevens Falcons. The Raiders were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Falcons earlier this season, when they won 12-1.

JUSTIN PARKS

Hits (Career)

03/13/25 vs Stevens	3
03/10/25 @ Stevens	2
03/04/25 vs Holmes	2
02/28/25 vs Vela	1
02/28/25 vs Hidalgo	1

Taft saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JUSTIN PARKS, who scored a run while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave PARKS a new career-high.

PARKS wasn't the only one working in the hit department: Taft kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's a new trend for Taft: they were averaging 4.4 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matches they've averaged 11.8.

With the loss, Taft broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.7 runs over those games. As for Stevens, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-7.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Taft will face off against South San Antonio at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. South San Antonio is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season. As for Stevens, they will take on Warren at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday.