March 8, 2022
Baseball drops road game to Taylor
The Defiance baseball team suffered their first loss of the season on Tuesday afternoon, falling to NAIA Taylor 9-2 in nonconference play.
2
Defiance
1-1, 0-0
9
Taylor (Ind.)
13-7, 3-1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Defiance
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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Taylor (Ind.)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | X | 9 | 9 | 0 |
The Defiance baseball team suffered their first loss of the season on Tuesday afternoon, falling to NAIA Taylor 9-2 in nonconference play.
The Basics
- Records: Defiance (1-1), Taylor (13-7, 3-1)
- Location: Winterholter Field - Upland, Ind.
- Attendance: 55
Inside The Numbers
- Grad student Nate Kaffenbarger went 2-4 with two RBIs to lead the Defiance offense.
- Sophomore Hunter Bostater, junior Josh Vischer, and junior Dylan King each had a hit in the contest.
- Grad student Cohen Nies got the start went four innings while allowing just two hits and striking out three.
- Sophomore John Hammerstein threw one inning of relief and struck out three Trojans.
- TJ Bass went 3-3 with two RBIs to lead Taylor.
- Conner Crawford went 2-4 with a grand slam.
- Conner Miller got the win for the Trojans.
The Difference
- After five scoreless innings, Kaffenbarger drove in two runs to give the Yellow Jackets a 2-0 lead.
- Taylor answered with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning.
- Taylor then broke the game open with a seven-run seventh inning in large part to a grand slam that gave them a 9-2 lead.
Up Next
- The Yellow Jackets will travel to Florida for six games starting with a doubleheader against Lasell on March 14.