Wildcats
| 03/24/25 @ Warner Christian Academy | 26 |
| 03/03/25 vs Warner Christian Academy | 24 |
| 03/11/25 vs Peniel Baptist Academy | 15 |
| 02/21/25 vs Crescent City | 13 |
| 02/11/25 vs Lake Mary Prep | 13 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Taylor). They blew past the Warner Christian Academy Eagles 26-2 on Monday. Considering the Wildcats have won five contests by more than nine runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Hayden Worden and Chase Heimbach made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Worden pitched three innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Heimbach pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four). At the plate, Worden scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4, while Heimbach scored two runs while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances. Heimbach has become a key player for Taylor: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 4-5 otherwise.
In other batting news, Drew Moyer and Roberto Mancilla did most of the damage at the plate: Moyer scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Mancilla scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases Mancilla has posted since back in February. The team also got some help courtesy of Andon Harcus, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Taylor kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 21 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
The victory was the third in a row for Taylor, bringing their record up to 7-5. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Warner Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Coming up, a feisty cat fight will be fought as Taylor Wildcats duke it out with Crooms Academy Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Taylor is facing Crooms Academy at the right time seeing as Crooms Academy is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Warner Christian Academy, they will take on First Baptist Christian Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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