Taylor is on a five-game streak of home losses, and Deer Park a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Monday. The Taylor Yellowjackets will be playing at home against the Deer Park Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. Taylor will be strutting in after a win while Deer Park will be coming in after a defeat.
Taylor's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Western Hills as they made off with a 13-0 victory. The Yellowjackets have beaten the Mustangs the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Mustangs has come to flipping the script.
Taylor got a great performance from Ian Newbauer as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Ryan Noeth was a standout: he got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Bradley Heckman, who went 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Taylor always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Western Hills only posted an OBP of .300.
Meanwhile, Deer Park lost 21-2 to Taylor on Friday.
Deer Park saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caden Lewis, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and one RBI. Those hits were Lewis' first of the season.
Taylor's win bumped their record up to 5-12. As for Deer Park, their loss dropped their record down to 1-14.
Everything went Taylor's way against Deer Park in their previous matchup on Friday, as Taylor made off with a 21-2 victory. Will the Yellowjackets repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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