daily fog: lots of zeroes

Did someone forget to bring the bats?

Four games ended in shutouts last night. Cotuit shut out Bourne 1-0, Hyannis did the same to Harwich, Y-D beat Chatham 3-0 and, in the most zero-ey game of all, Orleans and Brewster shut each other out in a 0-0 game that was called after 10 innings due to darkness.

A strange night, indeed. Before last night’s game, there hadn’t been more than two shutouts in one night all season. But the pitching was tremendous last night, particularly the starting pitching. Of the eight starting pitchers involved in the shutouts, six of them didn’t allow a run.

Cotuit’s Seth Blair (Arizona State) turned in the best performance. He was one out away from a complete game, but with a runner on second with two outs in the top of the ninth, the Kettleers went to Daniel Wolford (Cal), who got a strikeout to end the inning. Cotuit then won the game in the bottom of the ninth when Joey Lewis (Georgia) broke from third on a ground ball and slid in safely at home. For Bourne, Nick McCully (Coastal Carolina) allowed two hits in his seven shutout innings.

The Hyannis-Harwich game was another 1-0 affair, with a Matt Nuzzo (Brown) RBI double in the fifth standing as the only tally. Colin Bates (North Carolina), Andrew Carraway (Virginia) and Russell Brewer (Vanderbilt) combined on the shutout. Bates allowed three hits in six innings, Carraway — making his first relief appearance — went two scoreless innings and Brewer worked out of a jam in the ninth to get his 12th save and his first since July 12.

Chatham got shut out for the second straight night, this time at the hands of Y-D. Tyler Waldron (Pacific) allowed three hits and struck out seven in seven shutout innings. Shawn Tolleson (Baylor) and Dean Weaver (Georgia) each pitched a scoreless inning. The Red Sox got all three of their runs off Chatham’s Kyle Blair (San Diego), who was making his first start. He struck out seven in four innings.

Finally, in Brewster, the Whitecaps and Cardinals couldn’t get much of anything going. They combined for 11 hits, but nary a run crossed the plate. Brad Stillings (Kent State) tossed five shutout innings for Orleans while Brewster starter Rob Gilliam (UNC Greensboro) went six shutout innings. Orleans left the bases loaded in the top of the 10th. Brewster left a runner on in both the ninth and 10th innings.

Elsewhere

• Apparently, you had to go to Martha’s Vineyard to see two teams score in the same game. Wareham and Falmouth played the first-ever Cape League game on the Vineyard yesterday afternoon and the Gatemen came away with a 6-1 victory. Raynor Campbell (Baylor) had three hits and Cole Leonida (Georgia Tech) had a home run and three RBI to lead the Gatemen, who got seven shutout innings from Robby Broach (Tulane). The win is the fifth in a row for Wareham in the ever-tightening Western Division race. The Gatemen are still in last at 14-19-1, but they’re only seven points back of first place Hyannis.

What to Watch For Tonight

• Only one game on the schedule. Harwich will travel to Falmouth, with J.J. Hoover (Calhoun CC) squaring off against Falmouth’s Chris Gloor (Quinnipiac).

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