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La Quinta Palm Desert

Blackhawks

Aztecs

The Palm Desert (CA) freshman baseball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against La Quinta (CA) by a score of 5-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
La Quinta	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	5	5	1
Palm Desert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Palm Desert (25-26)

La Quinta

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.200	32	25	5	5	5
2	Liam Melcher (Fr)	.250	4	4	1	1	2
3	A. Hernandez (Fr)	.000	3	1	0	0	0
6	Esteban Vieyra (Fr)	1.000	1	1	1	1	0
7	Landon Lucas (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0
8	Angelas Lemus (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
21	Noah Chavez (Fr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1
24	AJ Howard (Fr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0

Palm Desert

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.130	28	23	2	3	2
1	Anthony Barone (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	1
11	Andrew Anjal (Fr)	.000	3	1	0	0	0
20	Naden Thiel (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
22	C. Contreras (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
24	Nathan Porras (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
25	Luis Ramirez (Fr)	.000	4	2	1	0	0
30	Kyle Tish (Fr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0
34	Jacob Velazco (Fr)	.667	3	3	0	2	1
37	Tucker Thiel (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
43	Parker Keeran (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0

La Quinta

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	10	1	6	.375	.200	.575
2	Liam Melcher (Fr)	0	3	0	2	.250	.250	.500
3	A. Hernandez (Fr)	2	1	0	0	.667	.000	.667
6	Esteban Vieyra (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
7	Landon Lucas (Fr)	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
8	Angelas Lemus (Fr)	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
21	Noah Chavez (Fr)	1	0	0	0	.250	.000	.250
24	AJ Howard (Fr)	1	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333

Palm Desert

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	4	1	5	.286	.130	.416
1	Anthony Barone (Fr)	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
11	Andrew Anjal (Fr)	2	0	0	0	.667	.000	.667
20	Naden Thiel (Fr)	0	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000
22	C. Contreras (Fr)	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.666
24	Nathan Porras (Fr)	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000
25	Luis Ramirez (Fr)	2	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
30	Kyle Tish (Fr)	1	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
34	Jacob Velazco (Fr)	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
37	Tucker Thiel (Fr)	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000

La Quinta

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
2	Liam Melcher (Fr)	1
3	A. Hernandez (Fr)	2
6	Esteban Vieyra (Fr)	1

Palm Desert

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
22	C. Contreras (Fr)	1
25	Luis Ramirez (Fr)	2
30	Kyle Tish (Fr)	1

La Quinta

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.957	23	21	1	1	1
2	Liam Melcher (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
3	A. Hernandez (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
7	Landon Lucas (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
8	Angelas Lemus (Fr)	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
21	Noah Chavez (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
24	AJ Howard (Fr)	.667	3	2	0	1	0

Palm Desert

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.957	23	21	1	1
1	Anthony Barone (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
20	Naden Thiel (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
22	C. Contreras (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
24	Nathan Porras (Fr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
25	Luis Ramirez (Fr)	.750	4	3	0	1
30	Kyle Tish (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
34	Jacob Velazco (Fr)	1.000	10	10	0	0

La Quinta

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1
6	Esteban Vieyra (Fr)	0.00	1	1.000	1
8	Angelas Lemus (Fr)	2.80	0		1

Palm Desert

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.00	1
1	Anthony Barone (Fr)	0.00	1
25	Luis Ramirez (Fr)	9.33	1

La Quinta

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	3	2	2	5	4	28	23
6	Esteban Vieyra (Fr)	2	1	0	0	1	1	7	6
8	Angelas Lemus (Fr)	5	2	2	2	4	3	21	17

Palm Desert

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	3	5	4	6	10	32	25
1	Anthony Barone (Fr)	4	0	1	0	6	7	19	13
25	Luis Ramirez (Fr)	3	3	4	4	0	3	13	12

La Quinta

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.130	.286	2	106	4
6	Esteban Vieyra (Fr)	.167	.286	0	21	0
8	Angelas Lemus (Fr)	.118	.286	2	85	4

Palm Desert

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.120	.312	1	138	7
1	Anthony Barone (Fr)	.000	.316	0	90	3
25	Luis Ramirez (Fr)	.250	.308	1	48	4

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Game Story

California High School Baseball - La Quinta edges Palm Desert

April 29, 2026: Palm Desert, CA 92260

The La Quinta Blackhawks (La Quinta, CA) baseball the host Palm Desert Aztecs (Palm Desert, CA), 5-2 in Wednesday's league challenge.

The Blackhawks now own a 7-7 record. They take the field next when they host Indio for a challenge on Wednesday, May 6.

With the defeat, Palm Desert drops to 8-9 on the year. The Aztecs travel to Rancho Mirage (Rancho Mirage, CA) to clash with the Rattlers in a challenge on Wednesday, May 6. The Rattlers go into the challenge with a record of 7-5.

La Quinta @ Palm Desert Baseball Game Info

Wed., Apr. 29, 2026 @ 4p

The Palm Desert (CA) freshman baseball team lost Wednesday's home conference game against La Quinta (CA) by a score of 5-2.

Rankings & Records

La Quinta (25-26)

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
8-7	6-2	6-2	2-5	.533	.750	108	112

Palm Desert (25-26)

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	RF	RA
9-9	7-3	5-3	3-6	1-0	.500	.700	143	113

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
La Quinta	1.5	1.2	1.9	1.6	1.4	.4	4.0	7.2	6.8	3.4
Palm Desert	1.2	1.4	2.2	1.7	1.7	1.2	.2	7.9	6.9	2.1

Head-to-Head

Palm Desert won on 3/18/2026

3/18 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

La Quinta 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 1 7
Palm Desert 4 2 0 7 - - - 13 9 0

The La Quinta (CA) freshman baseball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against Palm Desert (CA) by a score of 13-0.
Box score
La Quinta won on 4/8/2026

4/8 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Palm Desert 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 1 1
La Quinta 3 5 0 3 - - - 11 10 0

The Palm Desert (CA) freshman baseball team lost Wednesday's away conference game against La Quinta (CA) by a score of 11-0.
Box score
La Quinta won on 4/29/2026

4/29 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

La Quinta 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 5 1
Palm Desert 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0

The La Quinta (CA) freshman baseball team won Wednesday's away conference game against Palm Desert (CA) by a score of 5-2.
Box score

3/18 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
La Quinta	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	7
Palm Desert	4	2	0	7	-	-	-	13	9	0

4/8 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Palm Desert	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	1
La Quinta	3	5	0	3	-	-	-	11	10	0

Team Stat Comparison

La Quinta		Palm Desert
.368	Batting Average	.326
.492	On Base Percentage	.479
.477	Slugging Percentage	.389
.815	Fielding Percentage	.888
.545	Win Loss Percentage	.667

Team Leaders

La Quinta		Palm Desert	National Avg.
#5 Juan Puenta1.000	Batting Average	#1 Anthony Barone.474	.265
#5 Juan Puenta1.000	On Base Percentage	#1 Anthony Barone.636	.415
#5 Juan Puenta1.000	Slugging Percentage	#25 Luis Ramirez.650	.332
#27 Fabricio Mejia1.000	Fielding Percentage	#16 Blake Cevoli1.000	.855
#4 Marco Duenas1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Anthony Barone.667	.602

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
La Quinta	4-2		Palm Desert	6-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/17/26	La Quinta	Beaumont	(L) 11-0	3/14/26	Beaumont	Palm Desert	(L) 13-0
3/4/26	Indio	La Quinta	(W) 12-0	3/11/26	Palm Desert	Indio	(W) 26-4
3/25/26	La Quinta	Indio	(W) 18-8	4/1/26	Indio	Palm Desert	(W) 23-2
4/15/26	Indio	La Quinta	(W) 16-0	4/22/26	Palm Desert	Indio	(W) 1-0 (F)
5/6/26	Indio	La Quinta	(W) 13-12
3/10/26	La Quinta	Rancho Mirage	(L) 10-1	3/4/26	Rancho Mirage	Palm Desert	(W) 10-0
4/18/26	Rancho Mirage	La Quinta		3/25/26	Palm Desert	Rancho Mirage	(L) 13-11
4/18/26	Rancho Mirage	La Quinta		4/15/26	Rancho Mirage	Palm Desert	(W) 11-1
				5/6/26	Palm Desert	Rancho Mirage	(W) 11-8

Record Breakdown

La Quinta (25-26)		Palm Desert (25-26)
8-7	Overall	9-9
6-2	League	7-3
0-4	Non-League	1-4
2-1	Head to Head	1-2
4-2	Common Opponent	6-2
6-2	Home	5-3
2-5	Away	3-6
0-0	Neutral	1-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-7	In-State	9-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0