Softball Preview: Santaluces Chiefs vs. Leonard Lancers
Santaluces and Leonard are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. The Santaluces Chiefs will be playing at home against the Leonard Lancers at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Santaluces will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Santaluces is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell victim to a rough 26-16 loss at the hands of Royal Palm Beach two weeks ago. That's two games in a row now that Santaluces has lost by exactly ten runs.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last contest, Leonard made sure to put some runs up on the board against Pahokee on Monday. Everything went Leonard's way against Pahokee as Leonard made off with a 26-2 win. That 24 run margin sets a new team best for Leonard this season.
Bryanna Ariza Mercedes was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned run off one hit. Ariza Mercedes was even better at the plate, firing off two home runs, six RBI, and four runs while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, Leonard got a massive performance out of Arianna Sheerer, who went 2-for-2 with four stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Sheerer has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times she's played. Another player making a difference was Jennifer Cuellar, who scored four runs and stole six bases while going 4-for-4.
Santaluces' defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Leonard, their victory bumped their record up to 5-11.
Santaluces suffered a grim 15-5 defeat to Leonard in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Leonard's Yanina Varela, who struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Now that Santaluces knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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