Baseball Game Preview: Harlingen South Hawks vs. Mercedes Tigers

Harlingen South is 8-1 against Mercedes since March of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Harlingen South Hawks will host the Mercedes Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Harlingen South is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.

Harlingen South will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Friday, then bounced right back against Mercedes on Tuesday. Harlingen South was the clear victors by a 15-2 margin over Mercedes. The Hawks haven't had any issues with the Tigers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.

Colby Martinez

Hits (Career)

03/18/25 @ Mercedes	4
03/08/24 @ Donna North	3
02/27/25 vs South San Antonio	2
02/18/25 @ Rivera	2
04/19/24 @ Edcouch-Elsa	2

Harlingen South got a massive performance out of Colby Martinez, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one triple. The dominant performance gave Martinez a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Daniel Lopez, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3.

Harlingen South always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mercedes only posted an OBP of .346.

Harlingen South pushed their record up to 9-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Mercedes, they now have a losing record of 6-7.