Baseball Recap: Harlingen South Hawks vs. Weslaco East Wildcats
In what's become a running theme this season, Harlingen South gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They never let the Weslaco East Wildcats onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The win was familiar territory for Harlingen South who now have five in a row.
Not much got past Josh Ruiz, who gave up just one hit to keep Weslaco East off the board. Ruiz has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Colby Martinez, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Kris Cruz, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Harlingen South is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5-1 record this season. As for Weslaco East, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-8.
Harlingen South will have a chance to go back-to-back against Weslaco East: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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