Baseball Recap: Piper Has No Trouble Against Hollywood Hills

Piper entered their tilt with Hollywood Hills on Tuesday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Hollywood Hills Spartans 23-0. That 23 run margin sets a new team best for the Bengals this season.

Jonathan Rodriguez made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one hit in seven consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Joseph Cuminale

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/11/25 @ Hollywood Hills	3
03/04/25 vs Monarch	2
02/12/25 vs South Broward	1
04/04/24 vs Chaminade-Madonna	1
03/14/24 vs Fort Lauderdale	1

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Joseph Cuminale, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI. Another player making a difference was Valentino Pupo, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Piper was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .667. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .467 or higher in three consecutive matches.

Piper's record is now 6-2-1. As for Hollywood Hills, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.

Piper didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 12-0 victory against Plantation on the 13th. As for Hollywood Hills, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 14-12 win against Stranahan on the 13th.