Taft is 9-1 against Amity since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Taft Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Amity Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Taft is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Taft can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. They put the hurt on Amity with a sharp 9-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Taft.
Zack Hankins and Armando Fajardo made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Hankins pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also only allowed one walk). Meanwhile, Fajardo struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. At the plate, Hankins scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while Fajardo went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two doubles.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jj McCormick, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ezra James, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Taft's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-7. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs per game. As for Amity, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.
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