Baseball Preview: Valley Stream Central Eagles vs. Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK Hawks
Valley Stream Central is 2-8 against Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Valley Stream Central Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK Hawks at 5:00 p.m.
Sadly, Valley Stream Central is still looking for their first win of the season after five contests. Their rough 10-3 defeat to Valley Stream South on Friday might stick with them for a while.
Zion Phillips was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Valley Stream Central didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK was able to grind out a solid victory over Oceanside on Monday, taking the game 4-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK.
Ryan Kurre was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Alex Reifer, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Valley Stream Central has fallen quite a ways from their 15-4-1 record last season and are now at 0-5. As for Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Valley Stream Central might still be hurting after the 11-0 loss they got from Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK in their previous meeting back in May of 2022. Thankfully for Valley Stream Central, Jake Goldfarb (who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over 4.2 innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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