Sorry for the lack of action around here lately. A really busy stretch at work just had to coincide with the start of the Cape League playoffs.
Wrapping some things up . . .
In the only first-round series that went three games, Orleans edged Brewster 5-4 yesterday in 10 innings. Brewster forced extras on a Troy Channing two-run homer in the eighth, but Orleans got an RBI single by Ronnie Shaeffer in the top of the 10th to take the lead right back. Marcus Stroman pitched the final two innings and got the win. The loss was a heartbreaker for the Whitecaps, who at one point this year were in the midst of one of the franchise’s best seasons. Things didn’t go well for them down the stretch, though, and they ran into the hottest team in the league in Orleans.
With so much parity all year, I was surprised to see both West series end in sweeps, particularly the Bourne-Wareham match-up. I feel like Falmouth and Cotuit are pretty close, the kind of teams that can do anything on any day. Bourne, though, trotted out Pitcher of the Year Grayson Garvin and Anthony Meo in the first two games of the series. I wouldn’t have bet against them, but Wareham just kept pushing, rallying from a 4-0 first-inning deficit in game one and winning in extra innings in game two. The Gatemen were gutsy all year — they had one of their best stretches right after they lost their two best players to Team USA — so maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise.
Y-D: still taking care of business. The Red Sox went 2-4 in their last six regular-season games but put things back together right on time. Particularly impressive was the game two in. John Leonard was lights out on the mound and the offense got it done. In two playoff games, the Red Sox are hitting .323.
The division championship round begins tonight, with Y-D playing Orleans and Cotuit taking on Wareham.
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