The Varela Vipers will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Coral Park Rams at 3:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Varela's favor as the team sits on 16 straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Coral Park has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Varela put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season last Thursday. Everything went their way against Brito as Varela made off with an 11-1 victory. With that win, Varela brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Hector Gonzalez looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned run off three hits (he also only allowed one walk). Luciano Lahoz relieved him and did a solid job, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, Javier Caldera and Luis Sosa did most of the damage at the plate: Caldera got on base in all three of his plate appearances with four RBI and a double, while Sosa scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jonathan Paniagua, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Coral Park was a bit more limited in their matchup last Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 9-2 walloping at the hands of Florida Christian.
Varela's victory bumped their record up to 10-3. As for Coral Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9-1.
Everything went Varela's way against Coral Park in their previous meeting back in March of 2023 as Varela made off with a 14-5 win. Will Varela repeat their success, or does Coral Park have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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