Baseball Game Preview: Fort Lauderdale Flying L's vs. Everglades Gators

Fort Lauderdale is 0-4 against Everglades since February of 2020 but things could change on Thursday. The Fort Lauderdale Flying L's are taking a road trip to take on the Everglades Gators at 6:30 p.m. Fort Lauderdale is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.

Fort Lauderdale took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Boyd Anderson as Fort Lauderdale made off with a 15-0 victory. The Flying L's haven't had any issues with the Cobras recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.

Jake DelNegri

Runs

03/18/25 vs Boyd Anderson	2
03/10/25 vs Northeast	2
02/27/25 @ Northeast	2
03/17/25 @ Cypress Bay	1
03/13/25 vs McArthur	1
+ 5 more games

Jake DelNegri made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. DelNegri was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base. He has become a key player for Fort Lauderdale: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 2-8-1 otherwise.

In other batting news, Noah Barron and Jackson Hirsch did most of the damage at the plate: Barron scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Hirsch scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave Barron a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Nathaniel Greene, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.

Fort Lauderdale was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .529. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Everglades fell victim to ABF Academy and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 12-0 to the Cowboys. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Gators were not able to get on the board.

Fort Lauderdale's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-8-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Everglades, they now have a losing record of 6-7.

Fort Lauderdale came up short against Everglades when the teams last played back in April of 2024, falling 10-6. Can Fort Lauderdale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.