With a playoff win on the line, Rio Grande City rose to the challenge on Saturday. They won by a run and slipped past the Mercedes Tigers 4-3. That's two games straight that the Rattlers have won by just one run.

Rattlers
05/03/25 vs Mercedes | 4-3 |
04/25/25 @ Gregory-Portland | 3-2 |
04/21/25 @ Hebbronville | 4-2 |
04/17/25 vs Roma | 4-3 |
04/15/25 @ Mission | 9-0 |
+ 14 more games |
The win (which was Rio Grande City's 19th in a row) raised their record to 22-4. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 9.1 runs. As for Mercedes, with the loss, they broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 18-7.
Rio Grande City will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Tigers: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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