Baseball Recap: Shaker Turns Things Around After Road Loss

There's no place like home for Shaker, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Spartans on Friday as they made off with an 11-0 win. The victory continues a trend for the Bison in their matchups with the Spartans: they've now won five in a row.

Tye Mariano and PJ Strand made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Mariano struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Strand kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Mariano has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances. At the plate, Mariano went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI, while Strand went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. That stolen base was Mariano's first of the season.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Tom Case, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Sean Hurley was another key player, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with two runs.

Shaker always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .538. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake only posted an OBP of .250.

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Previous 4 Games (Home)

04/25/25 vs Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake	11-0
04/15/25 vs Rome Free Academy	14-7
04/14/25 vs Guilderland	3-2
04/09/25 vs Shenendehowa	8-5

Shaker's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-9.

Coming up, Shaker will take on Bethlehem Central at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. As for Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, they will square off against Queensbury at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Queensbury's pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake's hitters will have their work cut out for them.