Baseball Preview: Flomaton Hurricanes vs. W.S. Neal Eagles
Flomaton is on a three-game streak of home wins, while W.S. Neal is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Flomaton Hurricanes will take on the W.S. Neal Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The last five games Flomaton has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Monday, Flomaton narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Foley 3-1. That's two games straight that Flomaton has won by exactly two runs.
Flomaton's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Gavyn Tieppo, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Tieppo has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Macks, who went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, W.S. Neal can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Red Level as W.S. Neal made off with a 14-3 win.
Colten Cain was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Blake Roberts, who went 3-for-3 with four RBI, a run, and a double.
Flomaton is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for W.S. Neal, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 13-9.
Flomaton came out on top in a nail-biter against W.S. Neal when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Will Flomaton repeat their success, or does W.S. Neal have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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