Five days ago, for the first time in a while, the second place team in the West moved closer to first place than third.
Now that second place team isn’t in second anymore. Thanks to Bourne’s 6-4 win over Orleans and Y-D’s 12-3 victory over Hyannis, the scorching Bourne Braves moved into a first-place tie with Hyannis.
The Harbor Hawks went 5-1 to start the season and didn’t have much of a chase pack for the first three weeks of the season. But somebody’s finally caught up. Bourne has now won nine of 10 games and is 18-11-2. Hyannis still has one more win, but the teams are tied with 38 points each.
Bourne trailed Orleans 4-0 after three innings. Starter Kevin Brandt (East Carolina) settled in though and didn’t let Orleans add to its lead. Bourne came back with a run in the fourth before taking the lead with four in the seventh. Garrett Cannizaro (Tulane) hit a three-run homer to key the rally.
Ryan Connolly (Coastal Carolina) pitched well in relief, getting out of a jam in the top of the seventh and earning the win. R.C. Orlan (North Carolina) and R.J. Alvarez (Florida Atlantic) finished it off.
As for Hyannis, the Harbor Hawks had ace Dylan Floro (Cal State Fullerton) on the mound against Y-D, but the Red Sox roughed him up with four runs in the second inning. That chased Floro, and the Red Sox never looked back, finishing with 17 hits. Stephen Piscotty (Stanford) went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBI, Chris Taylor (Virginia) and Mike Zunino (Florida) each had three hits, and Mason Katz (LSU) had two with two RBI.
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What to Watch
Game: Cotuit visits Chatham at 7 p.m. in a match-up between two teams who are trying to make a move in the standings.
Player: With his big night yesterday, Chatham’s Dane Phillips now ranks third in the league in RBI.