Sunday’s doubleheaders were the second and final round of scheduled twin bills this season.
Perhaps the Hyannis Harbor Hawks can find a way to get a few more on the slate.
Hyannis swept Orleans 7-3 and 3-2 Sunday, a week after taking a pair from Brewster. The Harbor Hawks are 7-4, with four of those wins coming as part of doubleheaders.
A four-run second inning set the course for the game one win against Orleans, keyed by a Kyle Wilkie (Clemson) two-run single. Hyannis added two runs in the fourth and one in the fifth. Matthew Barefoot (Campbell) chipped in two RBI and Braden Comeaux (Rice) had two hits and one RBI.
Jordan Fowler (Ole Miss) allowed three runs in five innings of work for the win. Brett Schulze (Minnesota) struck out three in two scoreless innings to finish it off.
Game two was a tight game throughout, but the right button was pushed by Hyannis when Todd Lott (Louisiana Lafayette) came on as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning. His homer in that spot tied the game at two. Then in the eighth inning, Lott homered again to give Hyannis the lead. Dylan Thomas (Hawaii) worked a scoreless bottom of the eighth to make the run stand up.
Lott, a former 20th-round pick out of high school, came into the game hitting .208 with one home run. He’s now at .269 and his three long balls have him tied for third in the league.
The doubleheader sweep moves Hyannis into second place in the West.
Falmouth 7, Brewster 2; Falmouth 5, Brewster 3
A week after the wrong side of a doubleheader sweep started a six-game losing streak, Falmouth came out on the right side of a sweep to end that skid. Steven Williams (Auburn) went 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead the game one effort. Davis Sims (Murray State), Kyle Stowers (Stanford) and Maverick Handley (Stanford) drove in one run each. Adam Laskey’s 2.1 innings of scoreless relief earned him the win. All-American closer Jack Little (Stanford) struck out two in the final frame to seal the win. Stowers had two hits and an RBI to lead the offense in game two, with Cameron Cannon (Arizona), C.J. Schaeffer (Western Illinois) and Hayden Cantrelle (Louisiana Lafayette) adding one RBI each. T.J. Sikkema (Missouri) pitched six shutout innings with four strikeouts for the victory.
Harwich 1, Bourne 0; Harwich 1, Bourne 1
Three pitchers combined for a no-hitter in game one, while the Mariners and Braves played to a doubleheader innings limit tie in game two. Zack Hess (LSU) dominated again in his second start for Harwich, striking out four over three hitless innings before heading out for Team USA. Teaming up again with Hess, Kyle Brnovich (Elon) struck out two over two innings to keep the no-hit bid alive, and Joe LaSorsa (St. John’s) finished it off. Casey Legumina (Gonzaga) went five scoreless innings for Bourne, but Tanner Morris (Virginia) provided all the offense Harwich needed with an RBI single in the sixth. In game two, Harwich scored a run in the first inning on a Zach Watson (LSU) RBI. Ty Buckner (Missouri State) took a shutout into the fifth to keep Harwich in front, but Bourne tied the game when Chase Murray (Georgia Tech) scored on a wild pitch.
Wareham 10, Y-D 4; Y-D 4, Wareham 3
Wareham’s big bats were up to their usual tricks in game one, while Y-D rallied past them in game two as the teams split their doubleheader. On his last day in town before departing for Team USA, Andrew Vaughn (California) went 3-for-4 with his fifth home run and three RBI. Jeremy Ydens (UCLA) added two hits and two RBI and Lael Lockhart (Houston) had three RBI. Cade Cavalli (Oklahoma) pitched three scoreless innings. In game two, the Gatemen led 2-0 in the fifth, but Y-D scored four runs in the sixth and held on from there. Quin Cotton (Grand Canyon) drove in the first run for Y-D before Reese Albert (Florida State) blasted a three-run home run for the lead. Reliever Tristan Baker (Western Carolina) held off Wareham in the seventh, giving up one run but stranding two more runners on base. For the Gatemen, Bryant Packard (East Carolina) and Parker Phillips (Austin Peay) homered in game two.
Cotuit 6, Chatham 1; Cotuit vs. Chatham, PPD
The Kettleers won the first game before the Veterans Field fog won the second, forcing a postponement. Zachary Biermann (Coastal Carolina) homered and drove in two to lead the Kettleers in the opener. Beau Brundage () also had two RBI for Cotuit and Michael Toglia (UCLA) drove in one. John Baker (Ball State) continued his outstanding start to the season with six shutout innings and five strikeouts. He now owns a 1.05 ERA in three starts with 18 strikeouts and just one walk in 17 innings pitched. For Chatham, Spencer Torkelson (Arizona State) hit his fifth home run.
What to Watch
Just two makeup games on the schedule today as Harwich visits Hyannis and Brewster heads to Orleans.