The Rattlers broke through in district Tuesday night.
San Marcos secured their first district win of the season and snapped a four-game district losing streak in a 4-1 win over district-leading East Central. The Rattlers earned their first lead of the game in the third before driving in three more runs in the bottom of the fifth to take control behind another stellar performance in the circle from sophomore Addy Sierra.
“This is a big win for us. East Central’s a really, really good team. They’re ranked right now. They’re very well coached. They’ve got good athletes, good pitching, good hitters, and Addy did a good job of coming in and shutting them down,” head coach Cathy Stoughton said. “We’ve just kind of been snake bit — ironically enough — we just hadn’t had a lot of things going our way. Addy’s coming back from an injury. She sprained her ankle against Judson, and to see her come into the game tonight [and] dominate like she did in the circle was just amazing. That’s the kind of presence that she has. She makes us a better ball club.”
