Baseball Recap: Taconic Hills Has No Trouble Against Maple Hill

Titans

Margin (Wins)

04/11/25 @ Greenville	18
04/04/25 @ Germantown	16
04/21/25 @ Watervliet	12
04/22/25 vs Pine Plains	10
04/30/25 @ Maple Hill	7

The scorekeeper got an easy start on Wednesday as neither Taconic Hills nor Maple Hill made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Titans put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 12-5 victory. The result was nothing new for the Titans, who have now won seven contests by seven runs or more so far this season.

Tristan Super made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out nine batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. He has been consistent: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with three runs and two RBI. Taconic Hills is undefeated when Super posts two or more runs, but 1-3 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Francis Conners-Schmid, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Those two home runs gave him a new career-high. Gavin Hartka was another key player, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run.

Taconic Hills lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.

Taconic Hills is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games. As for Maple Hill, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-5.

Coincidentally, Taconic Hills and Maple Hill will both be playing Germantown the next time they take the field. The Wildcats will host the Clippers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, while the Titans will host them at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.