Blue Devils
| 04/17/25 vs Bethlehem Central | 3 |
| 04/16/25 vs Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake | 14 |
| 04/14/25 @ Colonie Central | 3 |
| 04/09/25 @ Guilderland | 8 |
| 04/04/25 vs Ballston Spa | 3 |
The Columbia Blue Devils will face off against the Ichabod Crane Riders at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Columbia is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Columbia fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Bethlehem Central on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 6-3 to the Eagles. The Blue Devils haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Columbia saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Patrick Ayotte, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI. That double marked the first that Ayotte has hit this season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Ichabod Crane ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Coxsackie-Athens, sneaking past 3-2. Winning may never get old, but the Riders sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Ichabod Crane's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for Columbia, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Columbia skirted past Ichabod Crane 9-7 in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Do the Blue Devils have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Riders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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