Baseball Recap: Santaluces Has No Trouble Against Atlantic

Santaluces had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the nine-run drubbing they dealt Atlantic on Thursday. Everything went the Santaluces Chiefs' way against the Atlantic Eagles as the Santaluces Chiefs made off with a 13-4 win. That's more bragging rights for the Chiefs, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Ryan Giel made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and two RBI.

Daniel Vargas

Stolen Base (Career)

03/13/25 vs Atlantic	2
03/11/25 vs Leonard	1
02/18/25 @ Lake Worth	1
02/14/25 vs Boca Raton	1

In other batting news, Santaluces let Abner Garcia Rengifo and Daniel Vargas run wild. Garcia Rengifo scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Vargas scored two runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Those two stolen bases gave Vargas a new career-high. Jeremy Quezada was another key player, scoring two runs.

Santaluces has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-11 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. Atlantic is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-6.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Santaluces will take on Forest Hill at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Atlantic, they will challenge Glades Day at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Atlantic has given up an average of 12.1 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.