The Edinburg Bobcats will head out on the road to take on the Economedes Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Edinburg is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Friday, Edinburg came up short against Mission and fell 7-2.
Edinburg saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Leonel Kalifa, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Kalifa has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Jonathon Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases.
Meanwhile, Economedes was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-0 walloping at the hands of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo.
Edinburg's loss dropped their record down to 8-18-1. As for Economedes, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-16.
Edinburg couldn't quite finish off Economedes when the teams last played back in March and fell 6-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Economedes' Gilbert Rodriguez, who struck out ten batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Now that Edinburg knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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