Baseball Game Preview: Sharyland Rattlers vs. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North Raiders

For the second straight game, Sharyland will face off against Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North. The Rattlers will welcome the Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Sharyland 2.2, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Sharyland is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 4-1 to the Raiders. The game marked the Rattlers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Sharyland saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nic Valdez, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North pushed their record up to 26-3 with the victory, which was their 13th straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Sharyland, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-6-2.