Baseball Game Preview: Palo Verde Panthers vs. Centennial Bulldogs

Panthers

Runs

03/31/25 @ Centennial	12
03/29/25 @ Bishop Gorman	2
03/27/25 @ Spring Valley	17
03/25/25 vs Spring Valley	17
03/24/25 vs Shadow Ridge	6
+ 14 more games

For the second straight game, Palo Verde will face off against Centennial. Palo Verde will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Centennial at 3:30 p.m. Palo Verde is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.

Palo Verde is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Centennial, who was ranked seventh at the time (Palo Verde was ranked third). Palo Verde walked away with a 12-7 victory over Centennial on Monday. The win continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now won four in a row.

Brady Dallimore and Noah Knudson did most of the damage at the plate: Dallimore scored three runs while going 2-for-4, while Knudson scored two runs while going 2-for-4. What's more, Knudson posted two RBI, the most he's had over his last nine games. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Clauss, who scored a run while going 3-for-5.

Palo Verde was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in four consecutive contests.

Centennial's defeat dropped their record down to 13-7. As for Palo Verde, their victory bumped their record up to 14-5.