Baseball Game Preview: Valley Stream Central Eagles vs. West Hempstead Rams

For the second straight game, Valley Stream Central will face off against West Hempstead. The Eagles will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Rams at 10:00 a.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Valley Stream Central has five straight victories, West Hempstead has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

While Valley Stream Central didn't have the best season last year (they finished 0-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They were the clear victors by an 8-1 margin over West Hempstead on Wednesday. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by six runs or more this season.

Justin Owolabi

Runs (Career)

04/16/25 @ West Hempstead	3
04/09/25 vs Elmont Memorial	2
04/07/25 @ Elmont Memorial	2
03/31/25 vs Sewanhaka	2
04/11/25 vs Roosevelt	1

Justin Owolabi was a standout: he scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Zion Phillips, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4.

Valley Stream Central pushed their record up to 7-0-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for West Hempstead, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.