Author name: The Lightning Rod

By: Aidan Joly   On Saturday morning, Saratoga baseball finished up regular season play with their senior day with an event in conjunction with cancer research followed by a game against Schuylerville. The event was held for Tracy Hogben, a Saratoga resident and supporter of Saratoga athletics who was diagnosed with a brain tumor last

By: Aidan Joly   Behind a gem of a pitching performance by Alex Henderson, Saratoga varsity baseball beat Shenendehowa on Friday afternoon at Shenendehowa High School by a final score of 2-0. Henderson had no trouble getting through Shen’s order throughout the game as he allowed just three hits, walked only two and struck out

By: Aidan Joly   Strong pitching and offense coming up big in the late innings propelled Shaker varsity baseball to victory on Wednesday afternoon at East Side Rec over Saratoga by a final score of 7-2. Heading into the fifth inning of a game that was already a pitchers’ duel, it was known that someone

By: Aidan Joly   “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” That could be the motto of Thursday’s (May 4) game between Saratoga and CBA varsity baseball at East Side Rec, as CBA came out on top 6-5 in a thriller. CBA trailed 5-4 entering the top of the seventh inning, three outs away from heading

By: Aidan Joly   Behind a strong bullpen performance and key hits, Saratoga varsity baseball led themselves to a 3-2 victory over Guilderland on Monday afternoon (May 1) at East Side Rec. The game remained close throughout, with Guilderland grabbing the first lead in the third inning on an RBI double from Christian Italiano, the

By: Aidan Joly   Strong hitting, pitching and defense, the keys of baseball, all went Saratoga’s way on Saturday afternoon against BH-BL as the Blue Streaks cruised to a victory by a final score of 9-1. After Saratoga wasn’t able to bring runners home in the first two innings, the Blue Streak bats came alive

By: Aidan Joly   As is the seemingly increasing theme with this year’s Saratoga varsity baseball team, another game, another walk-off. It happened again on Thursday as the Blue Streaks beat the Falcons of Albany at East Side Rec by a final score of 6-5, the team’s third walk-off win in the past five games.

  By: Aidan Joly Games between Saratoga and Shenendehowa tend to bring out the best in both teams, no matter the sport. It was no exception on Friday at Amsterdam’s Shuttleworth Park when the Blue Streaks and Plainsmen varsity baseball teams faced off in the first ever Battle of I-87. Trailing 4-1 heading into the

By: Aidan Joly   Saratoga varsity baseball played two games for their midweek slate this week, taking on Columbia on Wednesday and Ballston Spa on Thursday. The Blue Streaks went 1-1 in those two games.   Saratoga vs Columbia: Wednesday It took until the bottom of the seventh, but Saratoga was able to pull off

By: Aidan Joly An early onslaught of runs was more than enough for Saratoga to win their second game of the season on Saturday afternoon against Queensbury at East Side Rec by a final score of 11-6. Saratoga jumped out to an early 6-0 lead after a first inning that featured key hits from Kyle