Baseball Game Preview: Taconic Hills on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Apr 28, 2024, 3:56am

Baseball Preview: Taconic Hills Titans vs. Hudson Blue Hawks

The Taconic Hills Titans will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Hudson Blue Hawks at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Taconic Hills has eight straight wins, Hudson has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Taconic Hills stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. Everything went their way against Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk as Taconic Hills made off with a 15-1 victory.

Taconic Hills got a massive performance out of Troy Super, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Francis Conners-Schmid, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and a double.

Hudson lost 16-6 to Saugerties on Saturday.

Antonio Troy and Besham Burgess stepped up to the plate in a big way. Troy scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Burgess went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a triple.

Taconic Hills' win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1. As for Hudson, they now have a losing record at 4-5.

The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Taconic Hills has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.2 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Hudson struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4. The only question left is which team can snag more.

Everything went Taconic Hills' way against Hudson when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Taconic Hills made off with a 19-1 victory. Will Taconic Hills repeat their success, or does Hudson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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