Baseball Preview: Southwest Eagles vs. Varela Vipers
Southwest is 8-2 against Varela since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Southwest Eagles will challenge the Varela Vipers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Southwest: 3.2, Varela: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Friday, Southwest came up short against Ferguson and fell 8-3. Southwest has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Joel Cabrera made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Albert Bell was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Southwest didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ferguson only tossed three.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Varela had no problem doing just that on Monday. They put the hurt on the Rams with a sharp 13-5 victory. The result was nothing new for Varela, who have now won ten games by six runs or more so far this season.
Christian Lussier looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Alejandro Ponte and Nick Padron did most of the damage at the plate: Ponte scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Padron scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Javier Caldera, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Southwest's loss dropped their record down to 18-6. As for Varela, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
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