Taft School is 2-7 against Kingswood Oxford since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Big Red will take on the Wyverns at 3:30 p.m. Taft School will be strutting in after a victory while Kingswood Oxford will be coming in after a defeat.
Taft School proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 16) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Hotchkiss School 6-4.
Evan Douglas tossed a big game, tossing 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits.
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At the plate, Cayden Van Dolah and Parker Woods did most of the damage at the plate: Van Dolah went 1-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI, while Woods went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Van Dolah has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, Kingswood Oxford faced Avon Old Farms in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. The Wyverns fell just short of the Beavers by a score of 4-2. The game marked the Wyverns' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Kingswood Oxford saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tommy Caporaso, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI.
Taft School has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Kingswood Oxford, the loss snapped their winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 7-2 record.
Taft School came up short against Kingswood Oxford when the teams last played back in March, falling 5-2. Can the Big Red avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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