Edinburg North and Pharr-San Juan-Alamo are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2018, but likely not for long. The Edinburg North Cougars will stay at home for another game and welcome the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Edinburg North: 4.1, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Friday, Edinburg North earned a 7-2 win over Mission.
Destany Bermudez spent all nine innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Caylee Ramirez, who went 3-for-3 with three doubles, a run, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Adelaida Benavidez, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of La Joya by a score of 5-4.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adlemi Rodriguez, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Edinburg North has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-13 record this season. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, their loss dropped their record down to 21-5.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Tuesday. Edinburg North has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, though, as they've been averaging only 4.1. Will Edinburg North keep running through batters, or will Pharr-San Juan-Alamo buck the trend?
Edinburg North suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo's Arianna Hernandez, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Now that Edinburg North knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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