Taft is ranked highly in their home state, and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Fruitland. The Taft Tigers fell 11-6 to the Fruitland Grizzlies. Taft has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Taft got a good showing from Cooper Olaughlin, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, Zack Hankins made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Logan Lovell, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
On Fruitland's side, they got a great performance from Owen Baker as he tossed six innings while giving up five earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Max Vidlak and Titus Vidlak did most of the damage at the plate: Vidlak scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Vidlak scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Tyler Black was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Taft's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Fruitland, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Taft will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Vallivue at 3:00 p.m. Taft is facing Vallivue at the right time seeing as Vallivue is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Fruitland, they will challenge Burley at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.
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