Shafter is 0-9-1 against Taft since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Shafter Generals will look to defend their home field against the Taft Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Shafter will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Shafter's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Taft on Tuesday. They suffered a rough 11-0 defeat at the hands of the Wildcats. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Shafter has not been shut out since back in February.
Shafter saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Gonzalez, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Gonzalez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
Shafter's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Taft, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season.
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