Baseball Recap: Weslaco East Find Success

Weslaco East barely beat Mercedes the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Weslaco East Wildcats' pitcher stepped up to hand the Mercedes Tigers a 7-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Wildcats haven't had any issues with the Tigers recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.

Antonio Solis was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 18 over seven innings pitched. Solis was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.

In other batting news, Jayden Del Villar was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Eduardo Hernandez was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

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Previous Games

03/04/25 - Home	7-0 W
03/28/24 - Home	5-4 W
03/26/24 - Away	9-3 W
03/31/23 - Away	13-3 W
03/28/23 - Home	3-2 W
+ 3 more games

Weslaco East's record now sits at 5-3. As for Mercedes, they dropped their record down to 1-5 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.

Weslaco East will have a chance to go back-to-back against Mercedes: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.