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Zeroes

Trenton Denholm will not be around all summer to see how far his streak can go, but as he departs for Team USA, the UC Irvine pitcher has already reached pretty remarkable levels.

With four scoreless innings in a win over Bourne on Monday, Denholm is now at 32.2 career Cape League innings without an earned run coming across.

Pitching out of the bullpen last summer, Denholm was spotless in 10 outings, with just an unearned run in a July 7 game against Brewster on his tally. He followed with a great sophomore season in which he had a 1.81 ERA with 93 strikeouts. He earned Big West Pitcher of the Year honors.

In two starts this year, he’s been nearly perfect, allowing just three hits total and no runs, earned or unearned. Tuesday, he went four innings with three strikeouts and no walks, surrendering just a single.

The performance helped Y-D pick up a shutout win, as reliever John Beller (USC) actually upstaged his teammate. Beller struck out eight of the 18 batters he faced in five one-hit innings to finish off the shutout.

 

Wareham 10, Hyannis 1

After getting shut-out twice on Sunday, Wareham broke out in a big way, blasting Hyannis and moving into a first-place tie in the West with Cotuit. Matt McClain (UCLA) had a home run and four RBI, while Jacob Teter (Florida Southern) went 4-for-5 with two RBI. Garrett Irvin (Arizona) earned the win in relief.

 

Chatham 4, Cotuit 2

Whoever came out of this matchup with a win was going to own the best record in the league, and it’s Chatham that now sits at 7-4-1. Jamal O’Guinn (USC) homered for the second straight day and now has three on the year. Kaden Polcovich (Northwest Florida) also went deep. Parker Scott (Oklahoma State) pitched well in relief, striking out four in 3.2 scoreless innings. Daniel Federman (Miami) notched the save.

 

What to Watch

It’ll be a busy day at Red Wilson Field, where Y-D hosts a pair of games against Harwich, beginning at 2 p.m.

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Four Tops


 
After a perfect-weather day of doubleheaders that included two sweeps and three splits, there are now four teams tied for the most points in the league – Cotuit in the West, and Brewster, Orleans and Chatham in the East.

The Kettleers got there in the most impressive fashion, sweeping past a Brewster team that had been alone with the best record in the league and taking over first place in the West.

Cotuit led most of the way in the opener, grabbing a 2-0 lead in the first and quickly breaking a 2-2 tie after Brewster had pulled even. National batting champ Nick Gonzales (New Mexico State) hit his second home run and drove in two, while Coltyn Kessler (Kentucky) also went deep. The NC State duo of Reid Johnston and Nick Swiney allowed one run each before Holden Powell (UCLA) finished the job with 2.2 scoreless innings.

The second game followed a similar path, with Cotuit again taking an early lead and later breaking a tie. Home runs provided a lot of the offense again, with Adam Oviedo (TCU) hitting his third of the summer and Casey Schmitt (San Diego State) blasting his second. Beck Way (Belmont Abbey) earned the win in relief and flamethrower Kyle Nicolas (Ball State) struck out four in three hitless innings for his third save.

Cotuit has hit the most home runs in the league with 14 across 11 games.

 

Orleans 1, Wareham 0; Orleans 1, Wareham 0

Orleans was also impressive, shutting down what had been the top hitting team in the league twice for a pair of 1-0 wins. Five pitchers teamed up in each game and all were obviously very good. Donovan Benoit (Santa Fe), Austin Love (North Carolina) and Nick Frasso (Loyola Marymount) all faced the minimum and didn’t allow a hit in their first-game stints. Wareham pitchers were just as good, which set up a dramatic finish. Raymond Gil (Miami) hit a walk-off solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to give Orleans the win. In game two, Wareham made a little more headway, outhitting Orleans 6-4, but a solo home run by Orleans’ Shay Whitcomb (UC San Diego) in the third provided the only offense. Dawson McCarville (Grand Canyon) earned the win in relief and Jeffrey Praml (Southern New Hampshire) picked up his third save.

 

Harwich 7, Hyannis 2; Hyannis 7, Harwich 2

Another twin bill with identical scores, but this one was a split as Hyannis took the second game to finally capture its first win of the season. The Harbor Hawks had dropped to 0-8-1 after the loss in the first game of the doubleheader. Harwich got home runs from Daniel Cabrera (LSU) – who finished 3-for-4 with four RBI – and Niko Kavadas (Notre Dame) in the opener. Logan Allen (Florida International) pitched well for the third time, striking out seven and allowing two unearned runs on three hits. As he heads to Team USA, he leaves with a 0.00 ERA. In the second game, Hyannis scored early and often to build a 7-1 lead after four innings. Nick Loftin (Baylor) went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Brooks Carlson (Samford) had two hits and an RBI. Pitching has been a real struggle for the Harbor Hawks so far but it wasn’t this time. Samuel Thoresen (Minnesota) struck out seven and allowed one run in five innings for the win. Nolan Crisp (Florida) surrendered one run in two innings to finish it off.

 

Falmouth 9, Y-D 6; Y-D 8, Falmouth 4

Falmouth smacked 12 hits in the opener and got strong relief work to stop a back-and-forth. Zach DeLoach (Texas A&M) went 4-for-4 with two RBI, Trei Cruz (Rice) homered and drove in three, and Blake Dunn (Western Michigan) went 2-for-2 with four RBI for the Commodores. It was a 7-6 Falmouth lead after five innings, but Aidan Maldonado (Illinois) and Zach Brzykcy (Virginia Tech) shut out Y-D over the final two frames. Andrew Eyster (South Carolina) homered for Y-D in the first game, which leads us into the second game, where Eyster also homered. He’s red-hot, with a .522 average, 3 home runs and nine RBI in nine games of action. The home run in the second game tied the score at 4-4 in the sixth inning and sparked a five-run rally that sent Y-D to the win. An RBI single by Riley King (Georgia) gave Y-D the lead. Chase Smith (Pittsburgh) pitched 2.2 scoreless innings of relief to seal the win.

 

Chatham 8, Bourne 2; Bourne 4, Chatham 2

For Bourne, just playing games was a victory. The Braves had been postponed three straight days and hadn’t played a game since Wednesday. Perhaps there was a little rust in the opener as Chatham won 8-2, but Bourne came back with a 4-2 win in the nightcap. A six-run second inning powered the Anglers in the first game. Brady Smith (Florida) had a two-run single before Spencer Torkelson (Arizona State) belted a grand slam. Jamal O’Guinn (USC) also went deep for Chatham. Luke Bartnicki (Georgia Tech) struck out seven in 3.1 innings for the win. In the second game, Ryan Cusick (Wake Forest) was dominant for Bourne, striking out eight in five scoreless innings. Tyler Brosius (Rhode Island) earned the save. Zavier Warren (Central Michigan) drove in two runs. For Chatham, Torkelson homered again. He now has two homers in four games this summer, giving him a Cape League career total of 12 in 35 career games. If he returns after a Team USA stint this year, as he did last year, it’s going to be fun to see what he ends up with as he approaches a full season’s worth of games.

 

What to Watch

Two of the 13-point teams meet in Chatham as Cotuit visits the Anglers.

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Fighting the Forecast

The Cape League has a full slate of doubleheaders scheduled for today, which is great because the weather forecast looks perfect.

The way things are going, maybe they should do some quadrupleheaders.

Weather continues to wreak havoc on the Cape League schedule. After a full washout Friday, three games were postponed Saturday. A fourth was called after seven innings due to lightning and rain, but at least it counted. Harwich and Cotuit managed to get a full game in.

 

Harwich 2, Cotuit 1

Three Harwich pitchers combined to allow just one hit – and took a no-hitter into the ninth – as the Mariners slipped past Cotuit. Carson Seymour (Kansas State) allowed one run in 2.2 innings without surrendering a hit – an HBP and three walks pushed the run in – before two relievers worked scoreless outings. Will Heflin (Tennessee) was especially dominant, striking out seven of the 14 batters he faced in 3.1 hitless innings. Cotuit finally got its first hit in the ninth but Nick Stewart (James Madison), who struck out six in three innings, worked around it to finish off the win. Cotuit had strong pitching as well, but two runs in the fourth were enough for Harwich. Niko Kavadas (Notre Dame) drove in a run with a single, part of a 3-for-3 night. An RBI fielder’s choice by Chris Lanzilli (Wake Forest) plated the go-ahead run with an RBI fielder’s choice.

 

Chatham 4, Y-D 2

Y-D scored two in the second, but Chatham rallied and shut out the Red Sox the rest of the way for the win. Spencer Torkelson (Arizona State) hit a two-run homer to tie the game, Kaden Polcovich (Northwest Florida) plated the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and Ben Ramirez (USC) homered for insurance in the sixth. Tyler Doanes (West Virginia) went 3-for-3 for Chatham and scored two of their four runs. Ty Madden (Texas) pitched 3.1 hitless and scoreless innings of relief to seal the win for the Anglers.

 

What to Watch

Logan Allen (Florida International) has been the most dominant pitcher in the league so far and will make another start before his Team USA departure when Harwich visits Hyannis today. Allen has struck out 17 and hasn’t allowed a run in 11 innings.

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Hitting Through

Noah Campbell

 
One of the Cape League’s top returning hitters blew up what was supposed to be a pitchers’ duel Thursday night.

Y-D’s Noah Campbell (South Carolina) smashed a three-run homer in the top of the first inning as the Red Sox blitzed Team USA invitee Cole Wilcox (Georgia) en route to a 9-5 win.

Campbell ranked second in the league in hitting last year with a .364 batting average, adding six home runs and 26 RBI. He found tougher sledding in his second year with the Gamecocks, batting .239 with six homers.

Three games into his Cape Cod return, it would appear Campbell is happy to be back. He’s 5-for-8 in his first three games with the homer, five RBI and, for good measure, three stolen bases.

Campbell’s blast was the big one, but Y-D also scored first-inning runs on a wild pitch that allowed Bradlee Beesley (Cal Poly) to race home and on a Jack-Thomas Wold (UNLV) RBI single. Y-D added a single run in the third and three in the fifth.

Orleans eventually got in on the act, too. Tanner Murray (UC Davis) homered for the Firebirds and Max Troiani (Bentley) went 2-for-5 en route to his fifth multi-hit game of the summer.

For Y-D, Trenton Denholm (UC Irvine), also a Team USA invitee, went three scoreless innings. Denholm didn’t allow an earned in 21.2 innings of relief for Y-D last summer, and that streak continued. For Orleans, Wilcox was charged with six runs in four innings of work.

 

Harwich 4, Wareham 1

Tyler Keenan (Ole Miss) homered and two pitchers combined on a strong performance as Harwich topped West-leading Wareham 4-1 in a weather-shortened affair. Keenan, in his second game on the Cape, broke a scoreless tie with the two-run blast in the fourth. Keenan also plated a run in the fifth with a single. Christian Fedko (UConn) also knocked in a run. Jacob Palisch (Stanford) allowed just an unearned run in four innings, striking out four. Tommy Vail (Notre Dame) was credited with a save when the fifth became the final frame.

 

Chatham 5, Brewster 5

Another weather-shortened game left Chatham and Brewster in a deadlock. The Anglers led 5-0 into the fourth before Brewster two in the fourth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh before the game was called. Alerick Soularie (Tennessee), coming off a spring in which he hit .357 with 11 home runs, hit his first Cape League bomb to lead the Whitecaps. Eric Foggo (Stetson) and each had two hits and an RBI. Tyler Follis (Louisiana Tech) struck out five in 3.1 scoreless innings of relief, which set the stage for the comeback. For Chatham, Cade Cabbiness (Oklahoma State) went deep, while Spencer Torkelson (Arizona State) drove in two runs. Jamal O’Guinn (USC) delivered his fourth two-hit game of the summer and has now reached base in every game he’s played.

 
**Falmouth/Hyannis was wiped out after four innings, while Bourne/Cotuit was postponed.

 

What to Watch

The second rivalry matchup between Cotuit and Hyannis is set for Lowell Park. The Kettleers won the first meeting 11-0.

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Shutting Them Down

There have been 10 shutouts in the Cape League so far this season.

Some teams have yet to log one. Most teams have put one together.

The Orleans Firebirds own three of the 10.

Number three went on the board Wednesday as Orleans topped Hyannis 4-0. Adam Seminaris (Long Beach State) started things with 3.2 innings of two-hit baseball. Connor Pellerin (Tulane) followed with 1.1 innings before dominant relief work by Andrew Abbott (Virginia), who struck out four and allowed one hit in three innings. Jeffrey Praml (Southern New Hampshire) finished it off with a quiet ninth.

Orleans now has a league-best 2.26 team ERA. Their .204 batting average against also ranks first, as does their 1.05 WHIP. The Firebirds are almost always one of the top pitching teams in the league, and it appears they’re on track for more of the same this season.

The Firebirds have been more middle-of-the-pack offensively so far this year, but they had plenty on Wednesday. Catcher David Avitia (Grand Canyon) – a star behind the plate who has struggled with the bat so far – picked up his first hit of the summer and drove in two runs. Max Troiani (Bentley) added two hits.

The win pushed Orleans over .500 at 4-3-1. Hyannis continues to struggle, falling to 0-7-1.

 

Brewster 4, Harwich 2

Break up the Whitecaps. Brewster won its sixth straight since an 0-3 start and continued to bolster the league’s best record. T.J. Collette (Kentucky) had a huge night, blasting two home runs and driving in three. He’s now tied for the league lead in homers with three and tops the circuit in RBI with nine. Colin Davis (Wofford) and Ciaran Devenney (UMass Lowell) drove in one run each. Mason Black (Lehigh) earned the win with a terrific relief performance. Eight of the 13 outs he recorded came via the strikeout. Carson Coleman (Kentucky) tallied his second save.

 

Wareham 6, Cotuit 0

The Gatemen won a battle for first place in the West with shutout of Cotuit. Joseph Baran (East Stroudsburg) started and went three scoreless frames. Brandon Pfaadt (Bellarmine) – whose school just announced it’s moving from D-II to D-I – delivered his second dominant relief outing of the summer. Pfaadt fanned six and allowed two hits in five innings of work. He now ranks fourth in the league in strikeouts. Ben Leeper (Oklahoma State) put the finishing touches on the shutout in the ninth. Darren Baker (California) led the offense with three more hits, bringing his league-best batting average to .400. Dallas Beaver (Central Florida) also had three hits, while Braiden Ward (Washington) drove in three runs, giving him at least one RBI in all four games he’s played.

 
** Falmouth/Bourne was postponed while Y-D/Chatham was fogged out after four innings.

 

What to Watch

Big pitching matchup in Orleans as the Firebirds put Cole Wilcox (Georgia) up against Trenton Denholm (UC Irvine). They will soon be teammates on Team USA.

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Winning Whitecaps


 
Brewster started the seaosn 0-3.

Five straight wins later, the Whitecaps own the best record in the league.

Brewster pushed its mark to 5-3 on Tuesday with a weather- and darkness-shortened 4-3 win over Bourne. It was the only game in the league not rained out.

Three victories in the streak came against Hyannis, who has really scuffled early on. Sandwiched around those were a one-run over Orleans and now a one-run victory over Bourne.

The Whitecaps took a 3-0 lead on Tuesday. Bourne got a run in the third, then pulled even in the top of the seventh. But Brewster scored a run in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI triple by Colin Davis (Wofford), which proved to be decisive.

Tyler Hardman (Oklahoma) homered to help out the Whitecaps, while Marcos Castanon (UC Santa Barbara) drove in a run. William McKay (Central Florida) earned the win in relief.

 

What to Watch

Brewster’s next hurdle is a trip to Harwich tonight. The Mariners are 3-4.

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Where They Left Off

Matched up with Chatham for the first time since last year’s league championship series, the defending champ Wareham Gatemen posted the same result in Sunday’s doubleheader rematch. Wareham won 5-0 and 8-3 to improve to 4-1-1 on the year. Chatham still has the most wins in the East Division but fell to 4-3.

Ian Bedell (Missouri) and Trent Palmer (Jacksonville) combined on the shutout in the first game of the twin bill. Bedell allowed three hits in 4.2 innings with three strikeouts. Palmer was even better out of the bullpen, striking out five of the 11 batters he faced.

A three-run third inning powered the Wareham offense. Matthew Rudick (San Diego State) and Darren Baker (California) each went 3-for-4 at the top of the Gatemen lineup, while Chad Stevens (Portland) drove in two runs.

In the second game, four pitchers teamed up for Wareham, with Garrett Irvin (Arizona) logging the best performance. Irvin allowed one run in three innings and struck out three. Jacob Teter (Florida Southern) and Jack Winkler (San Francisco) each had two RBI.

Chatham made things interesting with two runs in its last at-bat on a two-run single by Keaton Rice (Bradley) but would get no closer.

 

Harwich 1, Falmouth 0; Harwich 7, Falmouth 1

Harwich rode the best pitching performance of the young season to a win in the opener that got its offense going in the second game en route to a sweep of Falmouth. Logan Allen (Florida International), one of the top sophomore arms in the country, dominated for the second time in as many outings before he heads for Team USA. Allen struck out 10, walked one and allowed three hits in six shutout innings. Allen has struck out 17 in two starts with the Mariners, good for the league lead. Joe Boyle (Notre Dame) finished off the shutout. All the offense was provided on one swing as Joey Wiemer Jr. (Cincinnati) hit a solo home run. In the second game, Harwich broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth, then blew things open with four runs in the sixth. Christian Fedko (UConn) led the way with two RBI. Evan Shawver (Cincinnati) struck out six in 3.2 innings of relief for the win.

 

Brewster 11, Hyannis 5; Brewster 12, Hyannis 4

Hyannis has reallu struggled so far and Brewster was the latest to take advantage, sweeping a doubleheader in emphatic fashion. T.J. Collett (Kentucky) homered and drove in four to lead the attack in the opener. Colin Davis (Wofford) also homered. Tyler Gentry (Alabama) had two RBI. Mason Black (Lehigh) earned the win with 2.1 innings of relief. Collett and Davis were at it again in game two, each driving in a pair of runs. Brett Auerbach (Alabama) added three RBI. Sean Hunley (Tennessee) struck out six in four innings for the win. Brewster, after an 0-3 start to the year, has won three in a row. Hyannis fell to 0-5.

 

Orleans 9, Bourne 0; Bourne 2, Orleans 1

The long day at Doran Park started with three scoreless innings before Orleans busted through for a 9-0 win in the first game of the set. Max Troiani (Bentley) had two hits and two RBI, while Shay Whitcomb (UC San Diego) and Jordanon Lala (Miami) also drove in two runs apiece. Jared Shuster (Wake Forest) allowed one hit in five innings to start the shutout performance. Michael Johnson (North Carolina A&T) and Nick Frasso (Loyola Marymount) finished it off. Bourne didn’t have nearly as much offense as Orleans in the second game but shut the Firebirds down and won in dramatic fashi. Mac Lardner (Gonzaga) allowed one run in four innings, before hitless outings by relievers Joshua Culliver (Minnesota) and Kieran Shaw (Harvard). With the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Alex Burleson (East Carolina) hit a walk-off single to give Bourne the win.

 

Y-D 7, Cotuit 2; Y-D 9, Cotuit 9

Austin Wells (Arizona) hit two home runs and drove in four to lead Y-D’s offense in the first game. Wells, who hit .353 as a freshman this spring, is off to a .375 start with six RBI. Back in Yarmouth after a breakout summer last year, Noah Campbell (South Carolina) went 2-for-2 with an RBI in his 2019 debut. Boyd Vander Kooi (Arizona State) allowed one earned in four innings for the win. In the second game, both teams had the bats working, particularly in the late innings. Cotuit trailed 7-4 in its last at-bat, but scored five runs, only to see Y-D answer with two for the tie. Parker Chavers (Coastal Carolina) led the late Cotuit rally with a two-run double. A wild pitch and an error allowed Y-D to tie the game. Wells also homered in the second game, giving him a league-best three on the year, in one day.

 

What to Watch

Three makeup games on the docket Monday. Two guys who pitched well in their debuts, Wareham’s Bryce Elder (Texas) and Falmouth’s Tommy Sheehan (Notre Dame), will square off at Arnie Allen Diamond.

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Daily Fog: Sustained

Cotuit’s offense has scored the most runs in the league so far this season. Chatham pitchers own the best ERA.

It was more of the same for both Friday night.

Cotuit racked up eight runs in an 8-2 victory over Brewster, while Chatham shut-out Harwich 5-0. Both teams improved to 3-1, tops in their division.

The Kettleers have scored 29 runs, averaging more than seven per game. The top three players in the league in RBI are all from Cotuit.

Friday’s performance featured 11 hits and a five-run second inning that sent them on their way. Mason Dodd (Belmont Abbey) – who I’m guessing is the first Belmont Abbey player to play on the Cape – continued his hot start with a 2-for-5, three RBI day. Allbry Major (Xavier) went 3-for-5 and is now hitting a league-best .583 through four games. Nick Gonzales (New Mexico State) added two hits and Casey Schmitt (San Diego State) homered.

There was also some strong pitching for the Kettleers, particularly out of the bullpen. Joseph Nahas (Georgia Southern) struck out six in a three-inning save.

In Chatham, it was the pitching trend that continued. RJ Dabovich (Arizona State), Luke Bartnicki (Georgia Tech), Dane Acker (Oklahoma) and Dawson Merryman (Midland) combined on the shutout, with Harwich totaling seven hits. Bartnicki earned the win. Chatham now has a 1.50 team ERA, by far the best in the league.

Chatham’s offense was led by Paxton Wallace (Wichita State), who hit a two-run home run.

 

Falmouth 9, Hyannis 9

A pitchers duel for four innings turned into a wild slugfest down the stretch as Falmouth and Hyannis played to the first tie of the season. Hyannis scored three runs in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, emerging with a 9-4 lead. Falmouth tied the game with five runs in the seventh. Jared DeSantolo (Florida Atlantic) had three hits for Hyannis, while Hunter Goodman (Memphis) homered. For Falmouth, returning Commodore Hayden Cantrelle (Louisiana Lafayette) homered. Despite the offensive burst, there was some great pitching in the final innings. Hyannis’ Konnor Ash (Missouri) struck out five in three innings and now leads the league with 11 across two three-inning relief stints.

 

Orleans 4, Wareham 4

The first tie of the season was followed closely by the second. Orleans led 4-0 but Wareham scored three in the fourth and one in the seventh, and it was all zeroes from there. An RBI double by Kameron Guangorena (Cal State Fullerton) brought in the tying run for Wareham. Jack Winkler (San Francisco) added two RBI. Orleans got RBI from Raymond Gil (Miami) and Julio Marcano (NJIT).

 

What to Watch

Bourne will look for its first win as it visits Falmouth, who tied last night but remains unbeaten.

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Only Unbeaten

Just two games – or three for some teams – we already are down to one undefeated team in the Cape League. Falmouth ran its record to 2-0 with a dramatic 1-0 victory over Chatham on Wednesday night.

The Anglers had played a 10-inning game and a darkness-shortened eight-inning game, and they looked to be headed for another not-nine-inning game in this one. The teams were scoreless for eight innings.

But Falmouth pushed through in the top of the ninth, grabbing the lead on a sacrifice fly by Steven Moretto (Cal State Sacramento). Austin Langworthy (Florida), who surprisingly went undrafted last week, is back in Falmouth and scored the go-ahead run.

Pitching obviously shined for both teams. Starter Franco Aleman (Florida International) allowed one hit in five scoreless innings for Falmouth. Tyler Ras (Alabama) got the win in relief, while Zachary Brzykcy (Virginia Tech) earned the save. For Chatham, three pitchers went three innings each, with Cole Ayers (Kentucky) striking out five in his stint.

 

Cotuit 11, Hyannis 0

Cotuit picked up its second win of the year in dominant fashion, racking up 11 runs on 13 hits while allowing just two hits to Hyannis. Oraj Anu (Wallace Community College) and Mason Dodd (Belmont Abbey College) each homered to lead the Kettleer offense. Allbry Major (Xavier) added three hits. Sean Sullivan started the pitching gem with four one-hit innings and six strikeouts. Joey Walsh (Boston College), Bo Hofstra (who attends Purde not Hofstra) and Richar Brereton (Emory) finished off the shutout.

 

Y-D 10, Wareham 3

Y-D also brought the bats, blasting Wareham for its second win of the year. The Red Sox didn’t hit a home run but totaled three triples and five doubles. Wyatt Young (Pepperdine) had two hits and two RBI to lead the attack. Ten different Y-D players had at least one hit. Carlos Lomeli (St. Mary’s) allowed three runs in five innings for the win.

 

Harwich 3, Bourne 1

Harwich topped Bourne for its first victory of the season. Jackson Greer (East Tennessee State) homered for the Mariners, while Michael Ludowig (Wake Forest) had three hits. Connor Sechler (Missouri State) allowed one run in five innings for the win.

 

Orleans 5, Brewster 3

Soon bound for Team USA, Georgia freshman Cole Wilcox made a good impression in his first Cape League start, striking out six in four scoreless innings to start the Firebirds on the right foot. Six relievers followed him to the mound and helped Orleans close out a win. Rob Emery (San Francisco) and Josh Zamora (Nevada) homered to power the Orleans offense.

 

What to Watch

Probably just rain. But if games do happen, Hyannis and Brewster will square off and one will get its first victory.

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Rematch

When Virginia Tech and Virginia met in ACC play May 16, Tech’s Ian Seymour took a no-decision as his team lost in extra innings. Andrew Abbott picked up the save for Virginia.

Those two were on the mound in Yarmouth on Tuesday for a reversal of fortune.

Seymour delivered the best strikeout performance of the young season and earned the win as Y-D beat Orleans 8-2. Abbott took the loss.

Seymour was terrific, striking out nine in five innings while allowing two runs. He is the early league leader in K’s, besting Harwich’s Logan Allen, who had seven on opening night. Seymour led the Hokies in strikeouts with 81 this spring.

The Y-D offense did the rest as the Red Sox broke into the win column. Andrew Eyster (South Carolina) went 3-for-4 and homered after a two-hit performance on opening night.

For Orleans, Raymond Gil (Miami) homered.

 

Chatham 7, Cotuit 6

In the only other game that wasn’t postponed, Chatham edged Cotuit in eight innings. The Anglers have now played 10-inning and eight-inning games. Nine at some point? Four runs in the seventh and one in the eighth powered the Anglers, who had trailed 6-2 before the rally. Kaden Polcovich (Northwest Florida) had a two-run double for the big blow. Jamal O’Guinn (USC) chipped in two RBI for the Anglers. Austin Vernon (North Carolina Central) earned the win in relief. For Cotuit, New Mexico State All-American Nick Gonzales homered for his first Cape League hit. Casey Schmitt (San Diego State) had three RBI.

 

What to Watch

Highly-touted Georgia freshman Cole Wilcox will start for Orleans against Brewster. Wilcox is a Team USA camp invite.