Baseball Game Preview: Southwest Eagles vs. Belen Jesuit Wolverines

The Southwest Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the Belen Jesuit Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Southwest is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.

Last Thursday, Southwest earned a 6-3 victory over Miami Beach. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by exactly three runs.

Kaleb Hernandez looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive appearances.

Orisjoe Valdes

Stolen Base (Career)

03/13/25 vs Miami Beach	4
02/19/25 @ South Miami	1
02/13/25 @ South Dade	1
04/09/24 vs Southridge	1
03/27/24 @ Sunset	1

At the plate, Orisjoe Valdes was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing Four bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases.

Meanwhile, Belen Jesuit unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Westminster Christian by a score of 2-1.

Max Aspuru was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Furthermore, he didn't allow a single walk, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in February.

On the hitting side, Belen Jesuit saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jake Cueto, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI. Amauri Gonzalez also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Southwest's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Belen Jesuit, they now have a losing record of 6-7.