EDINBURG, Texas— The Edinburg Roadrunners got seven strong innings from Miguel Martinez as they defeated the McAllen Thunder 3-2 Friday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium for their third straight win.

Martinez (8-3) allowed one run in seven innings and struck out seven for his league leading eight win of the season.

The Thunder (21-40) broke through in the top of the fourth with an RBI double from Nelson Teilon that scored Yasser Gomez giving them the 1-0 lead.

Edinburg (39-22) answered back in the bottom of the fourth when Derek Perren hit a two-run double that scored Vincent Blue and Carlos Hereaud giving the Roadrunners the 2-1 advantage.

Stantrel Smith got the Roadrunners another run with his legs in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Smith reached on a one-out single and then moved to second on a balk.  He then stole third base and came around to score on a throwing error by the catcher that pushed Edinburg’s lead 3-1.

McAllen put together a late rally in the top of the eighth.  Matt Redding and Roberto Rodriguez led off the inning with back-to-back singles.  Two outs later, Gomez hit an RBI infield single that scored Redding from third making it 3-2.  Rodriguez, the tying run on the bases, was tagged out at the plate ending the inning. 

Julio Castro picked up his 11^th save of the season with a scoreless ninth giving Edinburg the 3-2 victory.

The Roadrunners and Thunder will play the second game of their series Saturday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium.  Matison Smith (5-3) is expected to face Alex Smith (1-2) with the first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m.  

EDINBURG, Texas— The Edinburg Roadrunners got seven strong innings from Miguel Martinez as they defeated the McAllen Thunder 3-2 Friday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium for their third straight win.

Martinez (8-3) allowed one run in seven innings and struck out seven for his league leading eight win of the season.

The Thunder (21-40) broke through in the top of the fourth with an RBI double from Nelson Teilon that scored Yasser Gomez giving them the 1-0 lead.

Edinburg (39-22) answered back in the bottom of the fourth when Derek Perren hit a two-run double that scored Vincent Blue and Carlos Hereaud giving the Roadrunners the 2-1 advantage.

Stantrel Smith got the Roadrunners another run with his legs in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Smith reached on a one-out single and then moved to second on a balk.  He then stole third base and came around to score on a throwing error by the catcher that pushed Edinburg’s lead 3-1.

McAllen put together a late rally in the top of the eighth.  Matt Redding and Roberto Rodriguez led off the inning with back-to-back singles.  Two outs later, Gomez hit an RBI infield single that scored Redding from third making it 3-2.  Rodriguez, the tying run on the bases, was tagged out at the plate ending the inning. 

Julio Castro picked up his 11^th save of the season with a scoreless ninth giving Edinburg the 3-2 victory.

The Roadrunners and Thunder will play the second game of their series Saturday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium.  Matison Smith (5-3) is expected to face Alex Smith (1-2) with the first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m.