With a playoff game on the line, La Joya rose to the challenge on Friday. They never let the Weslaco Panthers onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. This was a revenge contest for La Joya, as the team was forced to settle for a 6-4 defeat when these two played last Thursday.
Weslaco's batters probably weren't too happy with Santiago Tijerina, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 11 Ks (he gave up four walks). Tijerina has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, La Joya's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Zambrano, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
La Joya has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a massive bump to their 22-15-1 record this season. As for Weslaco, their loss dropped their record down to 26-10-1.
La Joya will have a chance to go back-to-back against Weslaco: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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