The team with the best record in the league also has a flair for the dramatic.
Wareham won on a walk-off for the third time this season Saturday night, beating Brewster 3-2 in 10 innings at Spillane Field. Three of the Gatemen’s seven home games have ended with the home team celebrating.
Last night’s game was the only one in the league not postponed by weather. The Gatemen led throughout, but Brewster pulled into a 2-2 tie in the top of the ninth.
That only set the stage for more heroics.
Sahid Valenzuela (Cal State Fullerton) drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the 10th, and Andrew Vaughn (California) was hit by a pitch. Bryant Packard (East Carolina) stepped in with the chance to be the hero, something he’d already done once when he delivered the first of Wareham’s three walk-offs with a sacrifice fly against Harwich on the second day of the season. This time, Packard came through again, singling to plate Valenzuela with the winning run.
The rally made a winner out Ryan Stoudemire (Charleston Southern), who came into a tricky situation and gave up the hit that tied the game, before shutting the Whitecaps down the rest of the way.
Packard went 1-for-2 and drew three walks. Valenzuela went 2-for-3 with a home run and scored all three of Wareham’s runs. Michael Massey (Illinois) had two more hits for Brewster to put his league-leading average at .452.
The Gatemen improved to 8-4, while Brewster is 3-7-1.
What to Watch
Another set of Sunday doubleheaders is on tap. Cotuit and Chatham, who have the top two run differentials in the league, will meet at Veterans Field.