Baseball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Sharyland

Rattlers

Margin (Wins)

04/08/25 @ Vela	14
03/29/25 vs Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest	11
04/15/25 vs Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial	10
03/11/25 vs McAllen	10
02/25/25 @ McAllen Memorial	10

Sharyland won against Vela last Friday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Everything went the Rattlers' way against the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial Wolverines as they made off with a 10-0 win. The Rattlers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 games by six runs or more this season.

Fabrizio Salinas made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

In other batting news, Sharyland let Edgar Quintanilla and Luis Balderas run wild. Quintanilla scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances, while Balderas scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. That's the most stolen bases Quintanilla has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan Vega, who scored two runs and stole three bases.

Sharyland always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .531. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial only posted an OBP of .208.

The victory (which was Sharyland's third in a row) raised their record to 18-5-2. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial, they dropped their record down to 7-16 with the defeat, which was their ninth straight on the road.

Sharyland will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Wolverines: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.