Baseball Recap: Weslaco East Sets Scoring Season-High Against Juarez-Lincoln

Wildcats

Team Score (Highest)

02/28/25 vs Juarez-Lincoln	19
02/25/25 vs Pace	11
02/18/25 @ Pace	10
02/20/25 vs Grulla	6
02/27/25 vs Mission	2

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Weslaco East). Everything went their way against the Juarez-Lincoln Huskies on Friday as the Weslaco East Wildcats made off with a 19-3 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Wildcats considering their two-run performance the contest before.

Weslaco East let Adrian Guzman and James Abrego run wild. Guzman scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Abrego scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Guzman a new career-high in RBI (two). Brian Perez also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Weslaco East was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Juarez-Lincoln only posted a batting average of .267.

Weslaco East's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Juarez-Lincoln, their loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-4.

Looking ahead, a feisty cat fight will be fought as the Wildcats face off against the Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Weslaco East's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Mercedes' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Juarez-Lincoln, they will take on Palmview at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.