Baseball Game Preview: Jay Royals vs. Flomaton Hurricanes

By Team Reports Apr 7, 2026, 12:58am

Baseball Preview: Jay Royals vs. Flomaton Hurricanes

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Previous Games

02/14/25 - Home10-0 W
04/09/24 - Away7-0 W
02/29/24 - Home4-5 L
04/11/23 - Home9-10 L
03/15/23 - Away4-2 W
+ 5 more games

Jay is 8-2 against Flomaton since February of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Royals will welcome the Hurricanes at 6:30 p.m. Jay will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.

The home team had won the previous four meetings between Jay and T.R. Miller, and T.R. Miller kept the tradition alive. The Royals took a 12-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers on Monday.

Jay saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jax Lowery, who went 2-for-5 with one double and one RBI.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Flomaton, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They blew past Straughn 16-2 on Monday. Considering the Hurricanes' hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.

Kamden Martin made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit (and only one walk). Flomaton is 5-1 when Martin allows one or fewer earned runs, but 7-8 otherwise. Martin was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted over his last nine contests.

In other batting news, Flomaton got a massive performance out of Riley Harrison, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. That's the most runs Harrison has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Nall, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.

Flomaton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .522. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Straughn only posted a batting average of .167.

Flomaton pushed their record up to 12-9 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Jay, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 11-6 record this season.

Everything went Jay's way against Flomaton when the teams last played back in February of 2025, as Jay made off with a 10-0 win. Will the Royals repeat their success, or do the Hurricanes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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