A doubleheader wouldn’t seem to be the ideal scenario for a scuffling team to break out, but it was for Chatham on Tuesday. Losers of two straight and four of their last five, the Anglers swept a twin bill at Falmouth with 1-0 and 7-2 victories in the seven-inning games.
Hunter Gaddis (Georgia State) and Greg Veliz (Miami) combined on the shutout in the opener. Neither totaled big strikeout numbers – just one each – but they surrendered only three hits. Gaddis allowed one hit in five innings and Veliz allowed a pair over the final two innings.
T.J. Sikkema (Missouri) was almost as good. He went the distance – giving the league its first complete game of the year, though of the seven-inning variety – and struck out seven. But a run in the top of the first inning stood up for the rest of the game. John Rave (Illinois State) doubled and scored on an RBI single by Adam Fogel (Hawaii).
Chatham found more offense in the second game, racing to a 5-0 lead over the first four innings and finishing with nine hits. Blake Sabol (USC) went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Kyle McCann (Georgia Tech), Drew Mendoza (Florida State) and Colin Simpson (Oklahoma State) also drove in runs.
Kyle Hurt (USC) allowed two runs in five innings for the win. Troy Miller (Michigan) didn’t allow a hit in two innings of relief, notching his third consecutive scoreless outing.
The wins moved Chatham back over .500 at 12-11-2. With Harwich losing its fourth in a row Tuesday, the Anglers are now in second place in the East.
Y-D 5, Harwich 4
Y-D rallied from a four-run deficit to tie the game late then won in the 10th. After singles by Andrew Daschbach (Stanford) and Noah Campbell (South Carolina), Bradlee Beasley (Cal Poly) delivered the walk-off single in the 10th. Campbell, Jonathan DeLuca (Oregon) and Reese Albert (Florida State) also drove in runs for the Sox. Trenton Denholm (UC Irvine), Sam Kessler (West Virginia) and Ryne Nelson (Oregon) teamed up for 5.1 scoreless innings of relief, which paved the way for the comeback.
Cotuit 12, Orleans 7
Cotuit erupted for seven runs in the eighth inning to turn a 7-5 deficit into a 12-7 lead. Ryan Reynolds (Texas) homered to start the parade and Zachary Biermann (Coastal Carolina) had a pinch-hit, two-run single to highlight the surge. Stephen Schoch (UMBC) pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen for the win. Adam Oviedo (TCU) also homered for Cotuit and Peyton Burdick (Wright State) drove in two runs. For Orleans, Carter Aldrete (Arizona State) hit two home runs for the second straight game, giving him four in a span of seven at-bats and moving him into a tie for the league lead with five. Philip Clarke (Vanderbilt) also homered.
Brewster 8, Wareham 1
Brewster delivered one of its best performances of a tough summer, steadily building a lead and quieting Wareham’s talented lineup. Dominic Canzone (Ohio State) went 4-for-5 with three RBI. Brandon Martorano (North Carolina) drove in two runs, while Michigan teammates Jesse Franklin and Joseph Donovan knocked in one each. Coming off a rough start in his last time out against Y-D, Chris Murphy (San Diego) allowed three hits and struck out six in five shutout innings. Brady Basso (Oklahoma State) pitched one scoreless inning of relief and Owen Griffith (Clemson) allowed one run in three innings for the save.
What to Watch
It should be a good pitching matchup in Orleans as the Firebirds’ Andrew Abbott (Virginia) puts his 1.12 ERA on the line against Harwich’s Tyler Baum (North Carolina), who hasn’t allowed a run in two starts.