THIS
WEEK IN THE CAPE LEAGUE
(18
June – 25 June 2006)
Big Hitters Earn the Early Headlines
Coca
Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week
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COCA
COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Reese Havens
(University of South Carolina) made an immediate impact with the Cotuit
Kettleers, playing in just three games this week. In those three games,
Havens went 6-for-13 at the plate, drove in seven runs, had an average
of .462 and an OBP of .500. Two of his six hits were home runs, which
helped him to a 1.000 slugging percentage. Havens’ biggest game
of the week came against Orleans, on his first day with the team. Havens
went 3-for-5 while driving in six runs and helping Cotuit earn the win
against Orleans, 17-1.
COCA
COLA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Y-D Red
Sox pitcher Donnie Hume (Long Beach State) worked hard and long to earn
this week’s Coca Cola Pitcher of the Week. Hume threw a complete
game three-hit shutout this week against Hyannis. In the nine innings
he pitched, Hume only faced 31 batters, striking out seven while giving
up only two walks. Y-D gave Hume five runs of support, four more than
he would need to get the win.
By Kevin Wolfe, CCBL Intern
wolfe@capecodbaseball.org
Braves
Searching For Stability and Victories
BOURNE,
Mass. – Suffering from a rainout in their first week, the Bourne
Braves completed every game but Saturday’s washout in the second
week of their Cape League season. The Braves are looking toward their
late arrivals for some improvement both offensively and defensively.
The Braves began the week facing division rival
Wareham. Taking the mound for the Braves was RHP Tom Farmer (Akron), who
pitched extremely well over the course of six innings, giving up only
one hit. Farmer was able to retire 17 out of the 23 batters he saw. In
the top of the eighth, the Braves were unable to tame the bats of the
Gatemen any longer and gave up five runs on three hits.
On Monday night the Braves traveled to Harwich
to face the Mariners in search of their first win. Unfortunately for the
Braves, they only saw offensive production by RF Brian Leclerc (Florida)
and 1B Mitch Mooreland (Mississippi St.), who combined for the only hits
allowed by the Mariners. Leclerc has hit safely in all but one of the
games this year at Bourne. Eammon Portice (Highpoint College) took the
mound to face the bats of the victorious Harwich Mariners.
With a day of rest coming on Tuesday, the
Braves were looking for a chance to earn their first win against the Brewster
Whitecaps. After surrendering two runs in the first, Bourne starter Michael
Lee (Bellevue CC) controlled the game until the fifth. Austin Krum (Dallas
Baptist) and 2B Andy Goff (Wake Forest) led the team with two hits apiece
and two runs scored. Luke Tucker (Florida State) came in to close the
door on the Whitecaps, giving Lee and the Braves their first win in five
games by a score of 8-6. Tucker has posted a 2.25 ERA over four appearances.
Coming off their first win, the Braves were
looking to add to the win column against the hot bats of the Cotuit Kettleers.
Cotuit started out scoring two runs in the first on two hits. Braves starting
pitcher Mickey Storey (FAU) began to settle down until he was relieved
in the fifth after giving up a total of four runs on seven hits and seven
strikeouts over a span of five innings. Cotuit LHP Dan Delucia (Ohio State).
Delucia controlled the bats of the Braves, throwing a two-hitter in eight
innings.
Friday night the Braves traveled to Chatham
to face the Eastern Division powerhouse. Unable to earn the win, the Braves
showed promise offensively, scoring two runs on eight hits. Matt Hall
(ASU) was the top Braves hitter, going 3-for-4 with an RBI, and OF Brett
Linnenkohl (Wake Forest) added two hits while reaching base on three of
his four plate appearances.
With three of the next five games at home,
the Braves are looking toward the home crowd for support. The Braves are
expecting the return of Bobby Bell (Rice), who has been late in his arrival
due to his stint in the College World Series, within the next week. The
Braves will also see the arrival of Andrew Carignan (North Carolina) and
Mike Stutes (Oregon State) in the coming week.
Daniel Scalia, CCBL Intern
scalia@capecodbaseball.org
Cotuit
Swinging Hot Bats
COTUIT,
Mass. – The Cape Cod League is a league where many players struggle
adjusting to wooden bats at the beginning of the season. The league also
plays home to some of the nation’s best pitching prospects who constantly
flirt with complete games and shutouts day in and day out.
Someone apparently forgot to tell the Kettleers.
In its first six games, Cotuit has scored
over eight runs every time out except one, which was a 5-1 loss at the
hands of Falmouth. The explosion has catapulted the Kettleers into first
place in the Western Division with a healthy 5-1 record.
Despite the amount of runs scored, this
team has stuck to the small ball style of play for which head coach Mike
Roberts has been known. They have already swiped 17 bases, good for second
in the league, and even Cotuit’s power hitters have succumbed to
the unselfish style of ball played in Cotuit, laying down sacrifice bunts
and doing whatever it takes to manufacture runs.
The biggest contribution has come from the
bat of Reese Havens (South Carolina) who has an astonishing seven RBIs
in nine at-bats. Equally amazing is Jeff Dunbar (UC Riverside) and his
six RBIs in six at-bats. The hot hitting has been contagious for Cotuit,
where fans have seen every player on the roster record at least one RBI
thus far on the young season. The Kettleers have a combined team batting
average of .343, easily far and above the rest of the league, which is
struggling to reach the .250 mark.
With everything seemingly functioning to
perfection, Coach Roberts hasn’t been shy going to the hit-and-run
and taking chances on the basepaths, a strategy he is more than happy
to implement.
“Hitting like this makes my job a
lot easier. The boys are making the games fun to manage,” claimed
the third-year Cotuit coach after an emphatic beating of Orleans on Wednesday.
To say the bats alone are leading to the
success of the Kettleers would be a slap to the great young pitching staff
that has been assembled. The staff has only allowed more than three runs
in one game, and pitcher of the week Dan Delucia (Ohio State) has been
nearly perfect in his 16 innings of work, scattering just five hits. His
two starts have gone eight innings apiece, with a gem coming at the hands
of Bourne, where he struck out seven Braves.
The pitching staff has compiled a combined
ERA of 1.70.
The numbers speak for themselves. Cotuit
is the league’s best team in hitting and pitching. This dominance
has left the loyal fans and citizens of Cotuit foaming at the mouth in
hopes that their team can keep these numbers up and bring the Cape League
title to where it rightfully belongs.
By Nicholas Mucci, CCBL
Intern mucci@capecodbaseball.org
Commodores
Struggling Out of the Gate
FALMOUTH,
Mass. – With eight players representing two of the nation’s
top collegiate programs that have advanced deep into the College World
Series, the Falmouth Commodores have struggled in their absence. Fortunately
for Falmouth, the Clemson Tigers were eliminated from the tournament and
their players should be arriving soon. Oregon State, however, has magically
advanced to the finals of the Series despite losing in its first tournament
game.
Falmouth has filled its roster with temporary
players along with their original signees in an attempt to salvage the
beginning of the season. Thus far, despite the record, Falmouth has been
very competitive in every game this season. The Commodores have lost four
games by one run, leaving them essentially one clutch hit away each time.
At every game you hear whispers from the
crowd about the scores in the College World Series. Fans have been eagerly
awaiting the arrival of their highly touted players from Clemson and Oregon
State, but the players on the field are hoping that the fans notice them.
The team has been out to prove its worth and a few players have flown
out of the gates with exceptional starts.
Three batters have had tremendous success
in the first full week, while many more have struggled adjusting to the
wooden bats. Aja Barto (Tulane) and Brett Wallace (Arizona State) have
been swinging the hot bats, with two and three home runs respectively,
on the young season.
Barto has adjusted well and has enjoyed
his stay on the Cape thus far.
“The season so far has been a thrill.
Things are going great,” said the 6-5 giant.
Barto is a huge presence at the plate, undoubtedly
striking fear in opposing pitchers who must be conscious of the fact that
Barto could go deep on any pitch. Barto’s spring at Tulane didn’t
go as well as planned, and this summer he is out to prove something. So
far he is doing quite well.
As for the fans of Falmouth who have already
witnessed some difficult defeats, they can’t help but ask one question
– when does Oregon State play?
By Nicholas Mucci, CCBL
Intern mucci@capecodbaseball.org
Harwich
Native Shifts Allegiance to Hyannis
HYANNIS,
Mass. – With a second week in Cape League under their belts, the
Hyannis Mets captured third place in the Western Division. This is a welcome
change for fans of the Mets, who last year went 7-36-1 with the worst
record in the league. But this season, things appear to be different.
The Mets have won four of their last five games.
Perhaps the most exciting game so far, and
the first of the Mets season to go into extra innings, was on June 23
against the Wareham Gatemen. The 10th inning tested the Mets, who scored
on a Wareham error with two outs. Although everyone was pleased with the
win, it could not be more satisfying for veterans from last year’s
team. Starter Charlie Furbush (St. Joseph’s - Maine) was solid for
the Mets, striking out five players and walking only two for the five
innings that he pitched. In addition, closer Daniel Latham (Tulane) garnered
his first win of the season for the three innings (including the 10th)
that he pitched. But right fielder Mark McGonigle (New Orleans) was the
true hero of the game. McGonigle, who has struggled at bat this summer,
came through in a big way. McGonigle’s grounder to Wareham second
baseman Jason Ogata (LSU) drove in the Matt Mangini (NC State) run that
won the game for Hyannis.
Along with the veterans, some new players
are making names for themselves here in Hyannis. At least once in his
life, almost every local boy on the Cape dreams of playing for the Cape
Cod Baseball League. In 2006, Jared McGuire (Boston College) is living
that dream. At the start of the season, the Hyannis Mets signed the 2005
Big East Player of the Year to a regular contract.
Although he grew up in Harwich, his family
members were not always rooting for the same team. “I was a Harwich
fan and my dad was General Manager of the Chatham A’s. So I think
it will be fun playing against teams that I’m familiar with. And
we’re definitely Hyannis fans now,” says the 6-1 left fielder.
This season, McGuire and his BC Eagles spent
their first year in the ACC, where they finished ninth – not bad
for a young team starting in such a competitive league. However, McGuire
notes that although it offers competition similar to the level he faces
at school, the CCBL is a league like no other.
“The ACC, where I played at school,
is a good league, but down here there is good competition. Everyone is
an outstanding player and the competition day in and day out is unbelievable,
and the pitching is good … so it’s gonna be a challenge.”
Some of the talented pitchers he will be up against this summer are his
own Boston College teammates, including Kevin Boggan and Terry Doyle.
Both Boggan and Doyle are members of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, who
shut out the Mets (the team’s only loss in four of the past five
games) in Tuesday’s makeup game by a score of 5-0. McGuire and the
Mets will take another crack at Y-D on Monday, June 26 at Red Wilson Field
in South Yarmouth.
By Courtney Reilly, CCBL
Intern reilly@capecodbaseball.org
Gatemen
Riding High in the West
WAREHAM,
Mass. – After starting the season off with four straight wins, the
Wareham Gatemen have experienced their first three losses in the last
four games. The Gatemen have shown their strength offensively, placing
themselves among the league leaders.
Shawn Haviland (Harvard) made his regular
season debut on Sunday against the Bourne Braves after earning his first
win in the preseason. Haviland pitched strongly over the course of 3 2/3
innings, giving up only one hit and one earned run. Leaving with two men
on, Haviland was replaced by Steven Schwartz (Pennsylvania), who needed
all of one pitch to get out of the jam. It was not until the eighth inning
when the bats began to come around for the Gatemen. In the ninth, the
Gatemen turned to the bullpen and veteran RHP Martin Beno (Mississippi
Gulf Coast), who closed out the game to give the Gatemen their fourth
win in as many games. Beno is currently among the league leaders in pitching,
posting a record of 1-0 and giving up only five hits over the course of
eight innings pitched.
Monday night brought the Gatemen their first
loss of the season when they faced the Cotuit Kettleers. John Ely (Miami-Ohio)
earned the loss after providing six innings of work and giving up three
earned runs. The Gatemen saw little production offensively with only six
hits, two of which were earned by 3B/1B Steffan Wilson (Harvard). Wilson
is leading the league in runs batted in (eight) as well as hits (13) while
among the leaders with his .360 batting average. “He has done everything
that has been asked from him offensively,” said GM John Wylde. “He
puts the ball in play.”
After a day’s rest, the Gatemen rebounded
from their first loss by facing the Harwich Mariners Wednesday night.
Travis Banwart (Wichita St.) held the mound for six innings, giving up
only one run and striking out four. Banwart received help from the hard-hitting
bats of the Gatemen, who posted 10 runs on 11 hits. Shortstop Beemer Weems
(Baylor) and OF Diallo Fon (Vanderbilt) each had three hits in the game.
Banwart turned it over again to Beno out of the bullpen, who threw three
innings of three-hit shutout ball.
Costly errors made defensively proved to
be the reason for Thursday’s 5-1 loss to Orleans. Riley Boening
(Texas) lasted 4 1/3 innings, giving up only two hits and five runs, two
of which were earned. “Boening pitched well but lost his command
in the bottom of the third,” said GM John Wylde. “He didn’t
make the pitches he tried to make.” Connor Graham (Miami-Ohio) came
in to throw the ninth to tame the bats of the Cardinals. Graham’s
high velocity and strong command has put him on top of the leader board
in the save category.
Tim Matthews (Baylor) pitched six strong
innings for the Gatemen on Friday at Hyannis while showing movement and
command of his pitches. Nick Cassavechia (Baylor) came in to pitch four
no-hit innings only to earn the loss after a frustrating error was given
up in the bottom of the 10th. The Mets pulled away with a 4-3 win.
After Georgia Tech’s disappointing
loss in the College World Series, the Gatemen are excited to welcome 1B
Luke Murton (Georgia Tech) and are looking forward to the arrival of Chris
Hicks (Georgia Tech). Wylde is happy with the start to the season and
looks toward an improvement defensively after an unfortunate week of errors.
Daniel
Scalia, CCBL Intern scalia@capecodbaseball.org
Home
Sweet Home
BREWSTER,
Mass. – After an up-and-down week, the Whitecaps ended with an exciting
win at home over the Cotuit Kettleers. Everything seemed to be going right
on Friday night. Defense was great, as the infield made two important
double plays. There were continuous hits throughout the game and a solo
home run by Jason Corder (Cal-Berkley), his first of the season. Pitcher
Shaun Seibert (Arkansas) threw for 101 pitches and left the game without
giving up a run.
All that quickly changed when relief pitcher
Jeff Stallings (NC State) gave up two runs in the ninth inning. The Whitecaps
brought in Barry Enright (Pepperdine), who debuted by striking out the
last of the Kettleers to get his first save as a Whitecap.
General manager Ned Monthie praised his
Whitecaps and said they are “all working as hard as they can to
play good baseball.”
Working particularly hard are three of Cape
Cod’s finest who are home for the summer to play for the Brewster
Whitecaps. They are Harwich boys Adam Laplante (Wheaton) and Cody Crowell
(Vanderbilt) and Brewster’s own Jake Yagjian (Wheaton).
As they grew up in neighboring towns and
watched the CCBL with the hopes of playing one day, there were many shared
years of baseball and friendship and, during their high school years,
a little bit of rivalry – but a lot has changed since their years
at Harwich High and Nauset Regional.
Laplante and Yagjian are now teammates at
Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. These old friends are roommates,
but not only do they share a room, they also shared the experience of
playing in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. The Lyons eventually
fell short in the last game to Marietta College, but finished up an impressive
season with a 42-10 record.
Deciding to leave Massachusetts for Tennessee,
Crowell has been an integral part of Vanderbilt’s rotation this
season. After being redshirted in his first year, he has made tremendous
improvements to his pitching. Throwing for the Harwich Mariners last summer
also helped to polish up his skills for this year. Crowell has taken on
a new role as a starter for the Whitecaps and has been great so far this
season. His goals are simple: he wants to “take it game by game
and try to win every game.” To that end, he is currently the league
leader with 17 strikeouts.
Along with the fans, GM Ned Monthie is very
happy to have the hometown favorites as part of the Whitecaps organization,
saying, “It is great that they were able to play for us. It’s
nice to have Cape kids playing out there.” As for the team as a
whole, Monthie said, “The season is too young; we are still working
ourselves out.” However, he did close with his trustworthy trademark
statement, with which we would all agree: “Just looking forward
to an enjoyable season.”
By Johnna DeChristoforo,
CCBL Intern dechristoforo@capecodbaseball.org
Winning Is
More Fun Than Losing in Chatham
CHATHAM,
Mass. – You can’t help but notice the infectious smile of
field manager John Schiffner during a Chatham A’s game. Schiffner
recently commented, “It’s the greatest job in the world, no
question about it. How good can it be when you are in the Cape Cod League,
coaching with and against the best college players in the country; you
are in Chatham, Massachusetts, one of the most beautiful towns in the
world. It doesn’t get any better.” Coach Schiffner forgot
to add one thing – it’s easy to smile when you are winning.
The Chatham A’s are providing their
coach with an abundance of smiles these days. Chatham currently stands
atop the Eastern Division with a 5-1-1 record. The team has been close
to flawless through seven games. Hitting collectively, they are second
in the CCBL with a .249 team batting average. The pitching staff can also
boast about the second best ERA in the league at 2.21, while the defense
has chipped in with some spectacular plays by Daniel Espinosa (Long Beach
State) at third base and shortstop.
Chris Carrara (Winthrop) has been the perfect
catalyst for the offense. The leadoff hitter for Chatham, he leads the
league in hitting with a .500 average. He also has stolen five bases for
the A’s. The hitters behind Carrara, have also done their part to
fuel the offense. Matt Rizzotti (Manhattan) leads the league with 10 RBIs,
while young star Allan Dykstra (Wake Forest) hit two home runs during
the week. At the end of the order, Adrian Ortiz (Pepperdine) is special
when he gets on base. After an infield hit on Wednesday’s game against
the Hyannis Mets, he quickly advanced to third on an errant pickoff attempt
with his blazing speed.
Ricky Hargrove (Houston) has provided the
team with solid starting pitching, allowing only three hits and without
a run in two starts. The pitching staff will receive a boost with the
late arrival of Robert Woodard (UNC), who is currently playing in the
finals of the College World Series. However, Coach Schiffner noted that
“We’ve dodged [Team] USA the last couple of years, but this
year we got two.” Tim Federowitz (UNC), currently playing in the
College World Series, and Todd Frazier (Rutgers) will be absent from the
Chatham A’s while they compete for Team USA, but the team has plenty
of players to pick up the slack.
The lone blemish for Chatham came in a breezy
afternoon game at McKeon Park against the Hyannis Mets. Chatham jumped
out to an early lead in the third with runs from Espinosa and Rizotti.
However, with the game tied in the bottom of the sixth at 2-2, an uncharacteristic
fielding error lead by Espinosa led to a run scored by Matt Mangini (NC
State). The run would be the last of the game in a 3-2 win for Hyannis.
Alex Hale (Richmond) and Daniel Latham (Tulane) pitched five strong innings
of relief for Hyannis, with Hale receiving the win and Latham the save.
The A’s game against the Falmouth
Commodores was cancelled for a second time on June 20, this time due to
fog. General Manger Charlie Thoms noted, “The Cape League is one
league that always has one or two games cancelled due to fog.” The
game will be made up on June 27 at Veterans Field.
By Jonathan French, CCBL
Intern french@capecodbaseball.org
Hill Takes Over On
the Mound
HARWICH,
Mass. – Get used to hearing the name Nick Hill (Army), because aside
from getting the win Thursday night, he is turning out to be one of the
best baseball players – or some might say, the best – to wear
the Army uniform. During his three years he has made, matched or beat
Army records, was invited to play for the USA Baseball National Team,
was chosen by the Boston Red Sox in the draft and has achieved many other
accomplishments. The southpaw from Bluff City, Tenn., has another year
before he graduates, but throughout that year we are sure to see even
more great pitching and record-setting.
It may take him a little time to settle
into a game, but once he does, he can be outstanding. His first start
as a Mariner did not go as well as he anticipated, but Thursday’s
win is hopefully a sign of things to come. He went deep into the game
with seven strikeouts and gave up one run. The well-mannered and respectful
Hill was quick to give credit to his teammates and said, “The guys
behind played excellent.” Defense has been a major strength for
the Mariners so far this season, and Hill even got in on the action by
sliding into first base to get an out.
Although defense is strong, the Mariners’
greatest strength is pitching. Head coach Steve Englert said, “We
have solid pitching and the bullpen is excellent but we need to be more
consistent.”
Tony Watson (Nebraska) had a very good outing
on Monday night and led the Mariners to an 11-0 shutout against the Bourne
Braves. Both Watson and Hill were supported by relief pitchers Josh Ellis
(Wake Forest) and Dan McDonald (Seton Hall), both continuing to perform
tremendously.
All-around this week, things have gone relatively
well for the Mariners. Monday night’s win came from offensive support
throughout the entire lineup. Falling short to Wareham on Wednesday, the
Mariners once again turned things around against Y-D on Thursday. Adam
Amar (Memphis) hit the first home run of the season for the Mariners and
now leads the team in batting. Johnny Giavotella (New Orleans) and Devin
Thomas (Brown) have been reliable run providers throughout the week as
well.
This Sunday at Whitehouse Field, Johnny
Dorn (Nebraska) hopes to redeem himself as he takes the mound against
Aaron Brown (Houston) of the Hyannis Mets.
By Johnna DeChristoforo,
CCBL Intern dechristoforo@capecodbaseball.org
Winning Ugly in
Orleans
ORLEANS,
Mass. – Fans of baseball enjoy watching games that play out like
a movie script. The people in attendance want to see mammoth homeruns
and dominant pitching performances. The 2006 Orleans Cardinals don’t
have those kinds of games. Most of their games can be best characterized
as “ugly,” but they find a way to win. Kelly Nicholson’s
Cardinals currently sit in second place in the Eastern Division behind
the Chatham A’s. Nicholson recently noted after an Orleans win,
“It’s better than a well played loss, we will take a [win]
anytime.”
Thursday night’s 5-1 win against the
Wareham Gateman illustrates the team’s ability to win a game unconventionally.
The team scored all five of its runs in the bottom of the fifth without
a single hit. Four walks and two errors lead to five Orleans runs. The
team has yet to hit a home run, has only three extra base hits, and is
hitting under .200 as a team, but that doesn’t stop it from winning.
In Friday night’s 2-1 win against
the Falmouth Commodores, Mark Hallberg (Illinois-Chicago) and Matt Scogin
(Army) were each able to lay down perfect bunts that moved runners over.
In each instance, the bunts lead to runs by Joe Mahoney (Richmond) and
Hallberg. The RBIs on the runs were credited to Josh Satin (California)
and Kody Kaiser (Oklahoma). However, the offense did explode in a win
against the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. The offense put together 15 hits
to win 11-7. Scogin and Hallberg each had three hits to lead the team.
The pitching staff is holding up its end
of the bargain too, as an ability to keep the game close and battle with
runners in scoring position has helped the team tremendously. Nicholson
recently commented, “It’s easy to pitch with nobody on and
out of the wind-up, with nobody on, but the sign of a good pitcher and
a good staff is the ability to pitch out of jams.”
Nicholson’s point about the pitching
staff being able to battle was clearly noted on June 17 in a 2-1 win over
the Bourne Braves. The game lasted 12 innings as the collection of Ryan
Pond (NC State), Clayton Shunick (Georgia State), Brett Cecil (Maryland)
and Brock Baber (Kentucky) combined to allow only one run, putting the
team in position for a dramatic Josh Satin RBI single to score Shane Buscini
(Georgia) and win the game in the bottom of the 12th.
The game of the week will occur on Monday,
June 26 at Eldredge Park, when the Cardinals take on the first-place Chatham
A’s in a rematch of last year’s Eastern Division playoff.
By Jonathan French, CCBL
Intern french@capecodbaseball.org
Y-D’s
Humble Hurler
SOUTH
YARMOUTH, Mass. – Lexington native and Boston College junior right-handed
hurler Kevin Boggan says of his time playing for the Y-D Red Sox: “I’m
just happy to be here enjoying the moment.” These humble words are
coming from the No. 43 pick overall in the 2006 MLB Draft.
Boggan followed the Cape League growing up but never had allegiance to
any specific team, until now. “My family comes down to almost every
game and everyone is really excited.”
There is a sense of familiarity for the
pitcher who finished the season earning All-New England Second Team recognition
for the BC Eagles after only the team’s first year in the ACC.
Boggan is lucky enough to have two other
members from his college team recruited to Y-D – Terry Doyle and
Matt Meyer, who signed his professional contract this week. The BC players
add to the dynamic of a winning team. They took on another Eagle, Jared
McGuire, in Tuesday’s makeup against the Hyannis Mets. Says Boggan,
“McGuire’s a good kid. It’s fun to have a little competition
going with him.” The Sox beat the Mets 5-0 in a shutout on Tuesday
at McKeon Park in Hyannis.
Despite the win at Hyannis, Boggan’s
Y-D Red Sox are in last place in the Eastern Division with a record of
three wins and five losses thus far. Friday’s game against Harwich
marked a two-game losing streak for the Sox.
The Sox took a 5-2 loss against the Mariners
on Friday. Strong pitching for Harwich and several fielding errors for
Y-D contributed to the loss. The first inning started off with a Devin
Thomas (Brown) single to right center off Evan Crawford (Auburn). That
hit would start the scoring for Harwich as Thomas would advance to home
on a throwing error by Y-D catcher Zach Etheredge (Texas-San Antonio).
However, Y-D answered back in the second with a Steve Strausbaugh (Western
Carolina) homer to tie the game.
Strong pitching for both ball clubs kept
the game tied until the eighth inning, when Harwich scored two runs. A
home run by Adam Amar (Memphis) off Crawford drove in the run by Josh
Donaldson (Auburn) making the score 3-1 in favor of Harwich. But Y-D would
not go quietly. Harwich closer Josh Ellis (Wake Forest) walked Alden Carrithers
(UC Santa Barbara), who scored on a Buster Posey (Florida State) single.
But Harwich wouldn’t let up, scoring two more runs to end the game
with the win. Y-D will tough it out and look forward to ending the losing
streak on Sunday against the Chatham A’s at Veterans Field at 7
p.m.
By Courtney Reilly, CCBL
Intern reilly@capecodbaseball.org
Around
the Cape League Horn
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Cape League Returns to Sandwich:
For the fifth straight season, there will be a regular season game played
at Fenton Field in Sandwich. The Bourne Braves host the Falmouth Commodores
in the Cape League Returns to Sandwich, presented by The Community Bank,
on Monday, June 26 at 7 p.m. The Community Bank’s Shafeena Rahmin
will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. “We are really very excited
by this great opportunity to bring some of the best family entertainment
to Sandwich, to be a part of the premier college-level summer baseball
league in the Nation,” said The Community Bank President Dave Curtis.
“We’re also thrilled at our partnership with the Bourne Braves,
our new host team this year. It’s great they’re willing to
give up playing at their brand new field for a night to work with the
kids in Sandwich and celebrate and host the Falmouth Commodores with us.”
Weather Postponements: Last
Tuesday’s rescheduled game, Falmouth at Chatham, was postponed again,
this time because of fog, and is rescheduled for Wednesday, June 28 at
7 p.m. The other originally postponed game, Cotuit at Bourne, will also
be played on June 28 at 5 p.m. The weekend’s rains forced the washout
of all five games scheduled for Saturday, out of which Orleans at Hyannis
was also scheduled for June 28 at 5 p.m. The CCBL
schedule at capecodbaseball.org will remain updated with postponements
and rescheduling information.
Mid-Summer Meeting: The next
CCBL Executive Committee meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 8 at
the Comfort Inn in Hyannis at 8:30 a.m.
Photo-Journalism: The Boston
Globe’s Stan Grossfeld is planning to shoot a photo-essay on Cape
League players working at their summer jobs.
Road To Recovery: Brewster Whitecaps
pitcher Erik Davis, who was struck in the eye during a game vs. the Hyannis
Mets last week, was released from Massachusetts General Hospital the next
day and is recovering.
Sponsor Nights: Sullivan Tire
Team Volunteer Awards were presented to Commodores GM Chuck Sturtevant
in Falmouth and Mariners’ volunteer Bob Prew in Harwich …
Keyspan Employee Appreciation Night, in combination with Habitat for Humanity
Family Night, is scheduled for Tuesday night at Y-D’s Red Wilson
Field in South Yarmouth.
John
Garner, Jr.
Director of Public Relations & Broadcasting
(508) 790-0394 johnwgarner@earthlink.net |
Will
Bussiere
Web Editor
bussiere@capecodbaseball.org |
Interns:
Johnna DeChristoforo, Jonathan French, Lauren B. Malone
Adam McGillen, Courtney Reilly, Daniel Scalia, Kevin Wolfe
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