Baseball Recap: Make It Nine in a Row for Hialeah Gardens
By Team Reports
Apr 9, 2025, 3:33pm
Baseball Recap: Hialeah Gardens Gladiators vs. Coral Reef Barracudas

Gladiators
04/09/25 @ Coral Reef | 9-1 |
04/03/25 @ American | 7-4 |
04/02/25 vs Downtown Doral | 10-5 |
04/01/25 @ Mater Lakes Academy | 8-3 |
03/20/25 vs Hialeah | 14-6 |
+ 4 more games |
Hialeah Gardens waltzed into their game on Wednesday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They put the hurt on the Coral Reef Barracudas with a sharp 9-1 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Gladiators also won the last time the pair played back in March of 2024.
Hialeah Gardens got a great performance from Ryan Valdes as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Valdes has become a key player for the Gladiators: the team is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 7-8 otherwise.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Anthony Castillo, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Carlos Victorero, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Hialeah Gardens lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Hialeah Gardens pushed their record up to 13-8 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Coral Reef, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-16.
Looking ahead, Hialeah Gardens will head out to challenge Goleman at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Coral Reef, they will square off against Southwest at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
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