A night after Hyannis beat Wareham to create a tie atop the West Division, both teams held serve with wins Monday. The Harbor Hawks topped Harwich 4-3 while the Gatemen beat Brewster 4-1.
Wareham has one more win under its belt but two ties by Hyannis mean the teams both have 30 points.
Hyannis broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh and received dominant bullpen work for the win over Harwich. Davis Wendzel (Baylor) broke the deadlock with one swing, mashing a leadoff homer in the seventh. Four relievers – Keegan James (Mississippi State), Riley Self (Mississippi State), Adam Elliott (Louisville) and Brett Schulze (Minnesota) – combined for 4.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen to keep Harwich off the board.
Hyannis also got a solid start from Jeremy Randolph (Wright State), who allowed two earned runs in 4.2 innings. His nine strikeouts moved him into the league lead with 31.
Matthew Barefoot (Campbell), Pedro Pages (Florida Atlantic) and Todd Lott (Louisiana-Lafayette) joined Wendzel in driving home runs.
For Wareham, Connor Lunn (USC) tossed five shutout innings, striking out one and allowing two hits. It was his second five-inning, scoreless outing in five appearances this summer.
The offense backed him with a run in the second inning and three in the seventh that broke things open. Ryan Kreidler (UCLA) hit his first home run of the summer and Jakob Goldfarb (Oregon) had two RBI.
Wareham will have a chance to gain some separation tonight when it faces Brewster again, while Hyannis is idle.
Falmouth 6, Y-D 3
The Commodores got a boost from some recently arrived reinforcements and pitched well in a win over East leader Y-D. Matt Wallner (Southern Miss) – last spring’s national freshman of the year – went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in his second Cape League appearance. Herbert Iser (San Jacinto) went 2-for-4 with a run scored in his Falmouth debut. Kyle Stowers (Stanford) also had two hits and a run scored. Adam Laskey (Duke) went six strong innings for the win, striking out eight and allowing one run.
Orleans 9, Chatham 3
Chatham finally managed some runs against Orleans after two shutouts last week but the Firebirds had plenty of offense to make up for it. Carter Aldrete (Arizona State) hit two home runs, while J.J. Bleday (Vanderbilt) and James Free II (Pacific) blasted one each, giving Orleans a league-best 22 homers on the year. Pat DeMarco (Vanderbilt) added two hits and two runs scored. Making his Orleans debut after Super Regionals and Team USA trials, Mitchell Senger (Stetson) allowed two runs in five innings for the win. Orleans has won two straight and sits just one point behind Chatham for third place.
Bourne 9, Cotuit 3
The Braves rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the fifth then piled on from there for its third consecutive win. Thaddeus Phillips (UConn) drove in three runs and Chase Murray (Georgia Tech) knocked in two. Phillips, Anthony Prato (UConn), Tyler Fitzgerald (Louisville) and Gabe Holt (Texas Tech) each had two hits. Andy Archer (Georgia Tech) earned the win in his first appearance with two scoreless innings of relief.
What to Watch
Y-D has opened up a sizeable lead in the East but hasn’t faced second place Harwich in a while. The Mariners visit Red Wilson Field this evening.