With a playoff game on the line, McAllen rose to the challenge on Thursday. They never let the Harlingen South Hawks onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. The victory was familiar territory for McAllen who now have three in a row.
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 seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, 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.
McAllen has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-11 record this season. As for Harlingen South, their loss dropped their record down to 19-9-2.
McAllen will have a chance to go back-to-back against Harlingen South: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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