Baseball Recap: Rivera Beats Mercedes for Their Seventh Straight Win

Raiders

Margin (Wins)

04/01/25 @ Donna North	18
03/25/25 vs Porter	18
03/07/25 @ Edcouch-Elsa	18
03/20/25 vs Donna	10
03/28/25 @ Porter	9

Rivera came tearing into Tuesday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Mercedes Tigers as they made off with a 10-2 win. Considering the Raiders have won nine contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Andres Rocha made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out 14 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been consistent : he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run and three RBI. That home run marked the first that he launched this season.

In other batting news, Enrique Rey and Marcos Guerrero did most of the damage at the plate: Rey scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Guerrero scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Rey a new career-high in doubles (two). Another player making a difference was Jesus Sanchez, who went 2-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.

Rivera was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.

Rivera pushed their record up to 15-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.5 runs on average over those games. As for Mercedes, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-13.

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