Cotuit crunches Mets
Kettleers take lead in Patriot Cup race

 June 23, 2006


 

In Game One of the Patriot Cup race, the Kettleers take lead.

The evening began with a brief mention of the Cup, established by the newspaper in 2004 to heighten the rivalry between Barnstable’s two Cape Cod Baseball League teams. 

Then it was time to play ball.

In the beginning, the game belonged to the Mets who scored runs in each of the first two innings. Accompanying this strong offense were two diving plays made by Matt Mangini and David Macias in the first.

Unfortunately the Mets couldn’t hold onto their lead, allowing 14 walks to the Kettleers. "We were fortunate," said Kettleers field manager Mike Roberts. "They gave us a lot of opportunities because of base on balls."

Macias, a center fielder from Vanderbilt, led off the game with a single before scoring on a base hit by North Carolina State’s Mangini. 

In the second Ryan Flaherty, also from Vanderbilt, drew a four-pitch walk to lead off the inning. Flaherty made it around the bases, crossing the plate on a double hit by Brian Juhl (Stanford). 

The game was tied by the third inning as Cotuit bats went to work, providing backup for the solid pitching of Princeton’s Christian Staehely. Errors by the Mets defense also contributed to Cotuit’s rally.

In spite of a pitching change by the Mets, the Kettleers bats remained on fire and pitcher Josh Collmenter was no match. Cotuit netted two more runs in a short fourth inning and held tightly to the lead for the remainder of the game.

The Mets attempted a rally led by Macias in the sixth, as the outfielder led with a base hit that set off a string of four hits on six pitches including an RBI from Sean O’Brien (Virginia Tech). It was a noteworthy effort but fell short when a fly out and a double play by Cotuit ended a bases-loaded threat.

Several pitching changes by the Mets made it obvious the team was struggling to find their groove, while Cotuit was out-hit by the Mets 10-6 in the game. 

For Hyannis, Macias, Mangini and O’Brien each had two hits for the Mets, while Cotuit’s Jeff Rea (Mississippi State) reached base on all five of his at-bats, scoring four times and finishing three for three. 

The Kettleers win puts Cotuit ahead 1-0 in the race for the 

Barnstable Patriot Cup competition between the Cotuit Kettleers and the Hyannis Mets, the Kettleers made it apparent that they have no plans to relinquish the trophy without a fight.Patriot Cup. The rivals meet next on July 3 for a 5 p.m. game in Hyannis
 


 
 

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