Harlingen South is 0-3 against McAllen since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Harlingen South Hawks will look to defend their home field against the McAllen Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Harlingen South's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so McAllen's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Harlingen South heads in on the heels of a playoff game on Thursday. They lost 6-0 to McAllen. The shutout was out of character for Harlingen South seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
For McAllen's part, not much got past Jaime Palacios, who gave up just one hit and racked up nine Ks to keep Harlingen South off the board. Those a hit set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, McAllen's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Luis Esquivel, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Harlingen South's loss dropped their record down to 19-9-2. As for McAllen, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 18-11.
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