{"id":229923,"date":"2026-04-13T16:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229923\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:11:20","slug":"varela-vipers-vs-hialeah-thoroughbreds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229923\/","title":{"rendered":"Varela Vipers vs. Hialeah Thoroughbreds"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Varela Vipers<\/a> will square off against the Hialeah Thoroughbreds<\/a> at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hialeah took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Varela, who comes in off a win.<\/p>\n

Varela will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn’t score any runs back in March, then bounced right back against Schoolhouse Prep on Tuesday. The Vipers were the clear victors by a 12-4 margin over the Wolfpack. Considering the Vipers’ hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.<\/p>\n

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Caleb Velazquez<\/p>\n

04\/07\/26 vs Schoolhouse Prep203\/12\/26 @ Keys Gate102\/26\/26 vs American102\/09\/26 @ South Miami1<\/p>\n

Caleb Velazquez<\/a> was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn’t given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.<\/p>\n

In other batting news, Varela got a big performance out of Joel Rangel<\/a>, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Rangel has become a key player for the Vipers: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 2-8-1 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Ferreira<\/a>, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one double.<\/p>\n

Varela was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That’s the best batting average they’ve posted all season.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hialeah was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Schoolhouse Prep.<\/p>\n

Cody Gomez<\/a> was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.<\/p>\n

At the plate, Hialeah saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ronaldo Rivera<\/a>, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.<\/p>\n

Hialeah’s defeat dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Varela, their record is now 5-8-1.<\/p>\n

Everything went Varela’s way against Hialeah when the teams last played back in April of 2025, as Varela made off with an 11-1 win. Do the Vipers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Thoroughbreds turn the tables on them? We’ll have the answer soon enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Varela Vipers will square off against the Hialeah Thoroughbreds at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hialeah took a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-229923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}