The Colonie Central Wolfpack will square off against the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Spartans at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Colonie Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New York's top teams: Ballston Spa, who was ranked 16th at the time (Colonie Central was ranked tenth). The Wolfpack fell just short of the Scotties by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday.
Colonie Central saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Steven Thomas, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They lost 12-0 to Shenendehowa.
Colonie Central has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-4 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 1-13.
Colonie Central skirted past Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 8-6 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Will the Wolfpack repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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