Baseball Game Preview: Flushing Red Devils vs. Francis Lewis Patriots

For the second straight game, Flushing will face off against Francis Lewis. The Red Devils will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Patriots at 4:00 p.m. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Flushing has struggled recently with seven defeats in a row, while Francis Lewis will arrive with three straight victories.

Francis Lewis hit Flushing with a eight-run fourth inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Red Devils lost 11-1 to the Patriots. That's two games in a row now that the Red Devils have lost by exactly ten runs.

For Francis Lewis' part, they got a great performance from Zye Robinson as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jovi Chau-Gandelman, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one run. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Luca Rosa, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.

Francis Lewis was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.

Francis Lewis' win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Flushing, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.