Taylor was led to victory by Devin Valdez, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Valdez was dynamite, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched.
Valdez's strong effort led Taylor over Giddings and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valdez has dominated as far as strikeouts are concerned (he's averaged 5.4 per game this season), but he's got his work cut out for him considering Giddings has only allowed 1.95 per game this season.
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