The Falmouth Commodores almost always have a few players from Oregon State. The newest national champions actually haven’t sent anybody to Arnie Allen Diamond this summer, but Falmouth still has some champs to lean on from last year’s College World Series.
Florida’s Austin Langworthy hit two home runs and teammate Tyler Dyson tossed five shutout innings as the Commodores toppled first-place Wareham 3-0 on Saturday.
Langworthy is in his second summer as a Commodore. Highly touted as a freshman for the Gators last season, he hit .243 for Falmouth after arriving from Omaha.
With Florida bowing out earlier in Omaha this season, Langworthy got to town as the calendar turned to July. He struggled out of the gates but has been hot lately, with Saturday’s two-homer game giving him four homers in his last four games.
Langworthy’s accounted for all three runs Falmouth scored in Saturday’s win. He’s now hitting .196, but with the four homers and 12 RBI.
Dyson – the winning pitcher in last year’s championship-clinching victory – had an up-and-down sophomore season for the Gators but has been impressive in Falmouth.
The right-hander allowed two runs on two hits in his debut July 8 and was even better Saturday. He allowed one hit – a single – in his five scoreless frames and struck out eight.
The opponent made the performance all the better. Wareham had been shut-out only once this season. Saturday, with Dyson, Mitchell Miller (Clemson) and Nick Mikolajchak (Sam Houston State) not allowing any extra-base hits.
With the Gators leading the ay, Falmouth moved to 14-14-1.
Chatham 8, Harwich 3
There’s finally one player alone atop the home run leaderboard as Chatham’s Blake Sabol (USC) hit his sixth of the summer to lead the Anglers to a win over Harwich. Sabol has homered in two straight games and three of his last five. Chatham has won all of those games and is now three games over .500. Jorge Arenas (Stetson) added two RBI in the latest win, while Drew Mendoza (Florida State) and Colin Simpson (Oklahoma State). Greg Jones (UNC Wilmington) had two hits and stole his league-leading 11th base. Chatham got dominant pitching, too, with Alek Manoah (West Virginia) striking out 11 and allowing two runs in six innings.
Cotuit 9, Hyannis 5
Both teams scored three runs in the first inning, but Cotuit added on from there and held off Hyannis. Zachary Biermann (Coastal Carolina) and Jonathan Robertson (Creighton) homered for the Kettleers. Ryan Reynolds (Texas) and Michael Salvatore (Florida State) drove in two runs each. Seth Shuman (Georgia Southern) allowed one earned run in five innings for the win. Garrett Gayle (Rice) pitched 1.1 hitless innings of relief to keep Hyannis from getting a comeback going.
Y-D 7, Brewster 2
Y-D smacked 17 hits, including two home runs, and eased past Brewster. Noah Campbell (South Carolina) hit his fourth homer of the summer and Patrick Bailey (NC State) hit his first as part of a 3-for-5 day. Andrew Daschbach (Stanford) chipped in two RBI. Karl Kaufmann (Michigan) struck out seven across 5.1 shutout innings for the win.
Orleans 6, Bourne 1
Orleans snapped four-game skid with strong pitching performances and steady offense. Kevin Kelly (James Madison) celebrated his all-star selection with six shutout innings and six strikeouts. Three relievers finished off the win, with Adam Erickson (Stony Brook) and Aaron Ochsenbein (Eastern Kentucky) each striking out three in a single inning. Pat DeMarco (Vanderbilt) had a huge day to lead the offense, going 4-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI.
What to Watch
Chatham has started to solidify its spot in second place in the East and will try to get closer to first-place Y-D when it hosts the Red Sox.