Baseball Recap: Paradise Honors Panthers vs. Shadow Mountain Matadors
Paradise Honors's found some homefield redemption this week after a tough overtime loss to Shadow Mountain on Tuesday. Everything went the Paradise Honors Panthers' way against the Shadow Mountain Matadors as the Paradise Honors Panthers made off with a 16-3 victory. This was a revenge game for Paradise Honors, as the team was forced to settle for an 8-7 loss when these two played last Friday.
Brennan Hansen and Andrew Tran were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Hansen struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Meanwhile, Tran tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). At bat, Hansen scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Tran scored two runs and stole a base.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jack Moore, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Noah Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
On Shadow Mountain's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Zauner, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Paradise Honors has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. As for Shadow Mountain, they dropped their record down to 6-13 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Paradise Honors will square off against Greenway at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Paradise Honors is facing Greenway at the right time seeing as Greenway is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Shadow Mountain, they will head out on the road to take on Cactus at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday.
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