Baseball Recap: Make It Four in a Row for Paradise Honors

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

02/26/25 vs Shadow Mountain	24
04/04/25 @ Peoria	18
03/18/25 @ Shadow Mountain	13
04/16/25 vs Shadow Mountain	12
02/28/25 vs La Joya Community	11

Paradise Honors came tearing into Monday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Greenway Demons as they made off with a 9-0 win. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 contests by six runs or more this season.

Michael Nicolini Jr. was a major factor no matter where he played. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 17 over 6.1 innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in seven consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 5-for-5 with four runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Those four runs gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kaden Kjer, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March. Jaydan Herrera was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI and one double.

Paradise Honors was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .438. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in five consecutive games.

Paradise Honors' record is now 21-3. As for Greenway, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 8-10.

Paradise Honors will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Demons: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.