Baseball Game Preview: Blythewood Bengals vs. A.C. Flora Falcons

The Blythewood Bengals will square off against the A.C. Flora Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Blythewood is coming into the match hot, having won their last six games.

If Blythewood beats A.C. Flora with 12 runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Blythewood beat Spring Valley on Thursday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 12-2. The Bengals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by ten runs or more this season.

Chance Johnson was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Johnson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. That stolen base marked the first that he snagged this season.

In other batting news, Blythewood got a massive performance out of Alex Myers, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. That's the most runs Myers has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Sammy Franklin, who scored two runs and stole Three bases. while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, A.C. Flora didn't have quite enough to beat York on Thursday and fell 9-8.

Blythewood pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for A.C. Flora, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3-1.

Blythewood took their victory against A.C. Flora in their previous matchup on Friday by a conclusive 11-0. Will Blythewood repeat their success, or does A.C. Flora have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.