After two games on the road, Harlingen South is heading back home. They will take on the Carroll Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Harlingen South: 1, Carroll: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Harlingen South is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let Victoria East onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Harlingen South might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 21 contests by seven runs or more this season.
Amira Rodriguez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over six innings pitched. Rodriguez has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances. Rodriguez was also stellar in the batter's box, firing off two home runs, seven RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-4.
Rodriguez wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Lexi Sandoval, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Carroll beat Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North 4-1 on Saturday.
Clarissa Valdez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on six hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Benasia Ellison and Aylah Mata did most of the damage at the plate: Ellison went 1-for-2 with a home run, while Mata went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Harlingen South's win bumped their record up to 29-2. As for Carroll, they are on a roll lately: they've won 23 of their last 26 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 27-8-3 record this season.
Harlingen South couldn't quite finish off Carroll in their previous meeting back in March of 2022 and fell 4-2. Thankfully for Harlingen South, Jasmine Trevino (who tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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