Baseball Recap: Troy Sets Scoring Season-High Against Guilderland

Flying Horses

Team Score (Highest)

04/29/25 vs Guilderland	15
04/07/25 vs Schalmont	8
04/15/25 vs Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake	7
04/28/25 vs Mohonasen	6
04/23/25 vs Cohoes	3

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Troy). They came out on top against the Guilderland Flying Dutchmen by a score of 15-12 on Tuesday. The Flying Horses haven't had any issues with the Flying Dutchmen recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Kayne Behan was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed no walks, which is notable because Troy is undefeated when he allows at most one walk, but 2-4 otherwise. Behan was even better at the plate, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with three runs and two RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jack Fraser, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, and one double. Troy is undefeated when Fraser posts two or more runs, but 3-4 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Finn Harkin, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles.

Troy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .575. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Troy pushed their record up to 6-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Guilderland, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10.

Troy and Guilderland could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps New York Rankings. The Flying Horses (ranked 156th) will meet Ichabod Crane (ranked 39th) at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Guilderland will challenge Shenendehowa at 4:15 p.m. on Friday with a big rank disadvantage (358 vs. 75).