Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Ichabod Crane on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Ichabod Crane Riders by a score of 5-4. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Christopher Puliafico was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits.
At the plate, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Logan McNeal, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Ichabod Crane, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 6-1.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Guilderland at 4:15 p.m. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake is facing Guilderland at the right time seeing as Guilderland is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Ichabod Crane, they will head out on the road to take on Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Ichabod Crane's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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