With a playoff win on the line, Varela rose to the challenge on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Okeechobee Brahmans a 3-0 shutout.
Not much got past Luis Sosa, who gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Okeechobee off the board. Sosa has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in 12 consecutive appearances.
Tyler Rodriguez
| 04/23/25 @ Okeechobee | 3 |
| 03/25/25 vs Miami Christian | 2 |
| 03/20/25 vs Hialeah Educational Academy | 2 |
| 02/18/25 vs Miami Beach | 2 |
| 04/15/25 vs Hialeah | 1 |
On the hitting side, Varela saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Rodriguez, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one double. Those three hits gave Rodriguez a new career-high. JC Hernandez also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Varela is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-7-2 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Okeechobee, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 13-12.
Varela will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Brahmans: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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