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Daily Fog: Swingin’

Pitching is usually ahead of hitting at this point in the Cape Cod Baseball League season, and that’s been true this year too. For three teams, though, offense caught up on Sunday.

Wareham rolled over Cotuit 12-3, Falmouth beat Bourne 11-4 and Y-D topped Brewster 9-3 on the fourth day of the 2012 CCBL season. Those first two scores were the first double-digit run totals of the season.

The Gatemen have now won three games in a row and this was the biggest one yet. They scored two runs in the second inning and then adding at least one run in each of the next six innings. Cole Sturgeon (Louisville), Tyler Horan (Virginia Tech) and Mott Hyde (Georgia Tech) each hit home runs for Wareham, the team’s first homers of the year. Sturgeon, Kyle Schwarber (Indiana) and Ethan Gross (Memphis) had two RBI each, with Gross also scoring four runs.

Wareham finished with 13 hits. Pitching was also solid for the Gatemen. Fred Shepard (Amherst) struck out six and allowed just two unearned runs in five innings.

Falmouth also had a big day with the bats, scoring six runs in the first inning on its way to the 11-4 win over Bourne. Kyle Ruchim (Northwestern) went 2-for-4 with three RBI and Jared King (Kansas State), who’s hit in every game so far, continued his hot start with a 2-for-3 night. He scored two runs and is now hitting .533. The Commodores also got one RBI from six different players. For Bourne, John Murphy (Sacred Heart) went 4-for-5.

On the mound for the Commodores, Kevin Pohle (Clemson) allowed two earned runs in five innings for the win.

Finally, Y-D set a new league-wide season high for hits with 14 in its 9-3 victory over Brewster. The top three hitters in the order — Carlos Asuaje (Nova Southeastern), Tyler Sciacca (Villanova) and Robert Pehl (Washington) — each had three hits, with Pehl also driving in three runs. Sam Travis (Indiana) continued his hot start, going 2-for-5 with two RBI.

Chris O’Hare (Yale) got the win with four scoreless innings of relief for Y-D.

Elsewhere

  • Orleans beat Harwich 5-4, and the Firebirds have now played a one-run game in each of their four games so far. The Firebirds trailed 4-2 going into the bottom of the ninth but broke through with three runs to again win in dramatic fashion. After an RBI single by Mike Montville (Maryland) made it 4-3, Cody Kulp (Shippensburg) hit a walk-off two-run single to give the Firebirds their third victory of the year. Pi’ikea Kitamura (Hawaii) had two hits to lead the Orleans offense. Chase Johnson (Cal Poly) got the win with a scoreless inning of relief. In a battle of Kentucky teammates, Harwich starter Corey Littrell struck out eight in four shutout innings while Orleans’ Jerad Grundy allowed three runs in five innings.

  • Chatham also won a one-run game with a three-run rally in the ninth. The Anglers’ came in the top half of the inning, which they entered trailing 3-1. They were down to their last out before John Martinez (Michigan State) singled. Mike Fransoso (Maine) followed with a walk before Chad Pinder (Virginia Tech) smacked a three-run home run to give Chatham the lead. Pinder’s college teammate Jake Joyce (Virginia Tech) then worked a scoreless bottom of the ninth to give Chatham the win. Hyannis dropped to 0-4.

    • What to Watch

    Y-D has the highest team batting average in the league thus far, and the Red Sox will face the team with the lowest ERA, Falmouth, tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Falmouth. Trey Masek (Texas Tech), who made four appearances for Hyannis last summer, will make his first start for Falmouth. Michael Johnson (Dartmouth) is scheduled to go for the Red Sox.

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    1. Does anybody know if a game will be played on Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket this season?

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