Baseball Recap: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake falls despite strong effort from Matt Martin

By Team Reports May 12, 2024, 8:07pm

Baseball Recap: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Spartans vs. Colonie Central Raiders

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake was the 6-1 winner over Colonie Central when they last played one another back in April of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Spartans fell just short of the Colonie Central Raiders by a score of 8-6 on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake has lost by exactly two runs.

Matt Martin was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

This is the second loss in a row for Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake and nudges their season record down to 7-11. As for Colonie Central, their win bumped their record up to 7-9.

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake will be playing at home against Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Colonie Central, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 3-2 victory vs. Guilderland on the 9th.

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