Melanie Mendoza was four for four in this game as well. Krystal De La Cruz wove her magic and saw limited action in this shortened game that ended by the ten-run-rule. De La Cruz allowed only two hits in five innings further establishing herself as one of the premier hurlers in South Texas. The Lady Eagles opened up the scoring right off the bat in the first frame when Krystal Perez got on with a base hit followed by Monica Flores who increased her on-base percentage by getting on on an error by the Cougar 'D'. This is when Melanie Mendoza continued her tear through Edinburgh pitching with her fifth hit of the day to score Perez. The Lady Eagles scored two more in the second inning when Krystal De La Cruz aided her cause by leading off the inning with a base hit. Claudia Cruz bunted her over and Sammy Fuentes drove her in with a base hit of her own. Nina Flores continued the rally with another hit to score Fuentes and that would be all De La Cruz would need to cruise to a 9-1 victory and into the Regional Semis. Both coaches for the Lady Eagles and the Lady Rattlers made an interesting decision to go home-home for the first two games of the best-of-three series and we will have a playoff game here in Eagle Pass tonight at the EPISD Softball Complex at 7:00 PM. Game 2 will be in San Marcos tomorrow at 7:00 PM and Game 3 will be played at the San Antonio Northside ISD Softball Complex on Saturday at 2:00 PM if necessary. So wear your Burnt Orange & White Proudly, be there, be early, but by all means be LOUD Friday night at the Student Activity Center Softball Complex!