Baseball Game Preview: Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets vs. Rio Grande City Rattlers

The Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets will take on the Rio Grande City Rattlers in a tournament on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Edcouch-Elsa's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Donna North by a score of 4-0.

Not much got past Josue Guel, who gave up just two hits and racked up six Ks to keep Donna North off the board. Those six strikeouts gave Guel a new career-high.

Nathan Garza

Hits (Career)

02/25/25 vs Donna North	2
02/18/25 @ Donna North	1
04/26/24 @ Donna	1
04/12/24 vs Weslaco East	1
04/09/24 @ Weslaco East	1

At the plate, Nathan Garza was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one triple, and one run. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (two). Jakob Ruiz also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Meanwhile, Rio Grande City posted their closest win since March 9, 2024 on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against McAllen, sneaking past 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rattlers.

Rio Grande City saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Marroquin, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI. Deandre Rodriguez was another, scoring a run and stealing two bases.

Rio Grande City pushed their record up to 2-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 runs over those games. As for Edcouch-Elsa, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.

Edcouch-Elsa came up short against Rio Grande City when the teams last played back in March of 2018, falling 4-0. Can Edcouch-Elsa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.