Baseball Game Preview: Paradise Honors Panthers vs. La Joya Community Fighting Lobos

The Paradise Honors Panthers will face off against the La Joya Community Fighting Lobos at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Paradise Honors will be strutting in after a victory while La Joya Community will be coming in after a defeat.

Paradise Honors' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 24-0 margin over Shadow Mountain.

Jack Moore made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance gave him a new career-low in hits. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having also posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.

Noah Rodriguez

Hits (Career)

02/26/25 vs Shadow Mountain	3
04/22/24 @ Moon Valley	2
04/09/24 vs Shadow Mountain	2
04/05/24 @ Shadow Mountain	2
03/25/24 vs Yuma	2

In other batting news, Paradise Honors got a massive performance out of Noah Rodriguez, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. The dominant performance also gave Rodriguez a new career-high in hits (three). Jaydan Herrera was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Paradise Honors always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .617. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Shadow Mountain only posted an OBP of .286.

Meanwhile, La Joya Community lost 12-2 to Goldwater on Thursday.

La Joya Community's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Paradise Honors, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.