The Shaker Bison will head out on the road to square off against the Albany Academy for Boys Cadets at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The last three games Shaker has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Shaker's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 2-0.
Tommy Case spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on three hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, Shaker saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sean Hurley, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Albany Academy for Boys had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They blew past the Bulldogs 14-4. Considering Albany Academy for Boys has won three matchups by more than nine runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Shaker now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Albany Academy for Boys, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Shaker came up short against Albany Academy for Boys in their previous meeting back in May of 2018, falling 5-1. Can Shaker avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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