Baseball Recap: Harlingen South Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

By Team Reports May 5, 2025, 9:10am

Baseball Recap: Harlingen South Hawks vs. Pioneer Diamondbacks

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Harlingen South can now relate to. They fell just short of the Pioneer Diamondbacks by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Hawks haven't been shut out since back in March.

Josh Ruiz spent all 7.1 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits.

Hawks

Previous 5 Games

05/01/25 vs Pioneer0-1
04/25/25 vs Donna North11-0
04/22/25 vs Donna North12-0
04/17/25 vs Porter12-2
04/15/25 @ Porter10-0

The defeat snapped Harlingen South's winning streak at eight games and leaves them with a 22-6 record. As for Pioneer, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 17-10.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Harlingen South beat the Diamondbacks by a score of 8-1 later that day.

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