The top three teams in the league were all in action last night.
The third of those three teams is fitting right in.
While Brewster beat Orleans and Y-D topped Chatham, Harwich beat West-leading Bourne and now has a better record than Bourne. The duo that was separating itself — Brewster and Y-D — has become a trio thanks to Harwich’s three-game win streak. The Mariners are now six points ahead of fourth place Orleans, and they have a better record than anybody in the West.
Harwich got it done last night thanks to steady pitching and an eighth-inning rally. Sixth-round pick Greg Peavey (Oregon State) made his second start and allowed just an unearned run in six innings of work. Reliever Braden Kapteyn (Kentucky) pitched two scoreless innings, and Harwich made a winner of him in the eighth. Tyler Pill (Cal State Fullerton) drove in the go-ahead run and Steven Proscia (Virginia) knocked in two. Matty Ott (LSU) relieved Kapteyn in the ninth and picked up his fifth save.
Harwich has now won 11 of its last 14 games. When that stretch started, Harwich was floundering, but that’s not the case anymore. The team’s batting average ranks fourth in the league, and the pitching is coming around a little bit at a time. The Mariners haven’t allowed more than four runs in a game since July 6.
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Before the games this evening, the Cape League is expected to announce the rosters for the All Star Game, which is scheduled for July 28. On the field tonight, Max Perlman (Harvard), who hasn’t surrendered a run in his last two starts, goes for Wareham against Hyannis.