Baseball Recap: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Takes a Loss

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake extended their losing streak to ten on Wednesday, dropping their season record down to 1-13 in the process. They lost 12-0 to the Shenendehowa Plainsmen. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Spartans of the 6-4 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in May of 2024.

As for Shenendehowa, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-4. Considering they have won seven matchups by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

For Shenendehowa's part, they got a great performance from Maximus Palermo as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Palermo has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Aiden Thielke was a standout: he went 2-for-5 with three runs and three RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Maxwell Jones, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one double.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake is set to challenge their familiar foe Colonie Central at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Shenendehowa will face off against rival Ballston Spa at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Plainsmen 3.4, the Scotties 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.