Baseball Game Preview: Flushing Raiders vs. Traverse City Central Trojans

The Flushing Raiders will head out to square off against the Traverse City Central Trojans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Flushing is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.

Flushing can't be too worried about heading out to take on Traverse City Central: they just beat St. Francis at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Raiders walked away with a 9-5 victory over the Gladiators on Friday.

Meanwhile, Traverse City Central didn't have quite enough to beat Cadillac on Tuesday and fell 4-3. The Trojans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Flushing's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-8. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Traverse City Central, they now have a losing record of 8-9.

Everything went Flushing's way against Traverse City Central when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Flushing made off with an 8-2 win. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Trojans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.