Starting pitching hasn’t been overly dominant on the Cape this season, but if that’s a trend, it hasn’t extended to the bullpens. For several teams, if you get to the sixth inning with a lead, it may as well be game over. A lot of relievers have been pretty dominant.
The most dominant among them still have ERA’s of 0.00, even with more than half the season gone. And we’re not just talking about guys with small sample sizes. These are busy relievers who just haven’t allowed anything.
Right now, there are 11 pitchers who have gone at least seven innings without allowing a run. The list:
Carter Capps – Harwich
John Farrell – Bourne
Cody Stiles – Cotuit
R.C. Orlan – Bourne
Blake Hauser – Harwich
Joe Biagini – Brewster
Chris Overman – Harwich
J.T. Chargois – Brewster
Matt Reckling – Y-D
John Simms – Falmouth
Andrew Chafin – Orleans
Most impressive among that group is the Harwich trio. Hauser has pitched 10 innings without allowing an earned run, Capps has pitched 13.1 innings and Overman takes the cake with 15.2 innings. Overman and Hauser haven’t allowed even an unearned run. Imagine facing those three back-to-back-to-back at the end of a playoff game. Good luck.
Chargois, Simms and Farrell have also been impressive when taking innings into account. Chargois has gone 12 innings, Farrell 11.1 and Simms 12. Both Chargois and Simms have six saves.
If we want to call this the zero-one club, then we can add a few more guys — closers Bobby Wahl, Konner Wade and Trevor Gott have all allowed just one earned run.
We’ll stop there, but whatever the cutoff is, it’s been a pretty good summer for the guys in the ‘pen.