Weslaco East is 0-7 against Harlingen South since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Weslaco East Wildcats will look to defend their home field against the Harlingen South Hawks at 6:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Weslaco East's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 win over Edcouch-Elsa. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Weslaco East.
Kaylin Morales was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Morales was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Morales wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Angelica Herrera, who went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Harlingen South entered their tilt with Donna with 18 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 19. Everything went their way against the Redskins on Tuesday as they made off with a 17-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Harlingen South, who have now won 17 matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
Like Weslaco East, Harlingen South also got a great game from a two-way player: Kailee Silva. On the mound, she pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Silva has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Silva was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Yezenia Perez, who fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jaylin Mata, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Weslaco East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 18-10-1 record this season. As for Harlingen South, their win was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 24-2.
Weslaco East might still be hurting after the 11-1 defeat they got from Harlingen South when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Harlingen South's Lexi Sandoval, who struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Now that Weslaco East knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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