Baseball Recap: Naples Comes Up Short

Evangelical Christian hit Naples with a seven-run second inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Golden Eagles fell just short of the Sentinels by a score of 8-7. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Sentinels this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 11-0 back in February.

RYAN DUMAS was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and seven unearned) runs off nine hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive appearances.

CHARLIE REIGER

Runs

04/06/26 vs Evangelical Christian	2
03/25/26 vs The Village School of Naples	2
03/20/26 vs Lely	2
03/18/26 @ Golden Gate	2
03/02/26 @ Palmetto Ridge	2
+ 7 more games

On the hitting side, NICO BLANCO and CHARLIE REIGER did some serious damage despite the final result: BLANCO got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, two RBI, and one double, while REIGER got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base. REIGER has become a key player for Naples: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 3-15 otherwise.

Naples' loss dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Evangelical Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season.

Naples will challenge Lely at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Evangelical Christian, they will square off against Aubrey Rogers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Patriots' pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so the Sentinels' hitters will have their work cut out for them.