Matched up with Chatham for the first time since last year’s league championship series, the defending champ Wareham Gatemen posted the same result in Sunday’s doubleheader rematch. Wareham won 5-0 and 8-3 to improve to 4-1-1 on the year. Chatham still has the most wins in the East Division but fell to 4-3.
Ian Bedell (Missouri) and Trent Palmer (Jacksonville) combined on the shutout in the first game of the twin bill. Bedell allowed three hits in 4.2 innings with three strikeouts. Palmer was even better out of the bullpen, striking out five of the 11 batters he faced.
A three-run third inning powered the Wareham offense. Matthew Rudick (San Diego State) and Darren Baker (California) each went 3-for-4 at the top of the Gatemen lineup, while Chad Stevens (Portland) drove in two runs.
In the second game, four pitchers teamed up for Wareham, with Garrett Irvin (Arizona) logging the best performance. Irvin allowed one run in three innings and struck out three. Jacob Teter (Florida Southern) and Jack Winkler (San Francisco) each had two RBI.
Chatham made things interesting with two runs in its last at-bat on a two-run single by Keaton Rice (Bradley) but would get no closer.
Harwich 1, Falmouth 0; Harwich 7, Falmouth 1
Harwich rode the best pitching performance of the young season to a win in the opener that got its offense going in the second game en route to a sweep of Falmouth. Logan Allen (Florida International), one of the top sophomore arms in the country, dominated for the second time in as many outings before he heads for Team USA. Allen struck out 10, walked one and allowed three hits in six shutout innings. Allen has struck out 17 in two starts with the Mariners, good for the league lead. Joe Boyle (Notre Dame) finished off the shutout. All the offense was provided on one swing as Joey Wiemer Jr. (Cincinnati) hit a solo home run. In the second game, Harwich broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth, then blew things open with four runs in the sixth. Christian Fedko (UConn) led the way with two RBI. Evan Shawver (Cincinnati) struck out six in 3.2 innings of relief for the win.
Brewster 11, Hyannis 5; Brewster 12, Hyannis 4
Hyannis has reallu struggled so far and Brewster was the latest to take advantage, sweeping a doubleheader in emphatic fashion. T.J. Collett (Kentucky) homered and drove in four to lead the attack in the opener. Colin Davis (Wofford) also homered. Tyler Gentry (Alabama) had two RBI. Mason Black (Lehigh) earned the win with 2.1 innings of relief. Collett and Davis were at it again in game two, each driving in a pair of runs. Brett Auerbach (Alabama) added three RBI. Sean Hunley (Tennessee) struck out six in four innings for the win. Brewster, after an 0-3 start to the year, has won three in a row. Hyannis fell to 0-5.
Orleans 9, Bourne 0; Bourne 2, Orleans 1
The long day at Doran Park started with three scoreless innings before Orleans busted through for a 9-0 win in the first game of the set. Max Troiani (Bentley) had two hits and two RBI, while Shay Whitcomb (UC San Diego) and Jordanon Lala (Miami) also drove in two runs apiece. Jared Shuster (Wake Forest) allowed one hit in five innings to start the shutout performance. Michael Johnson (North Carolina A&T) and Nick Frasso (Loyola Marymount) finished it off. Bourne didn’t have nearly as much offense as Orleans in the second game but shut the Firebirds down and won in dramatic fashi. Mac Lardner (Gonzaga) allowed one run in four innings, before hitless outings by relievers Joshua Culliver (Minnesota) and Kieran Shaw (Harvard). With the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Alex Burleson (East Carolina) hit a walk-off single to give Bourne the win.
Y-D 7, Cotuit 2; Y-D 9, Cotuit 9
Austin Wells (Arizona) hit two home runs and drove in four to lead Y-D’s offense in the first game. Wells, who hit .353 as a freshman this spring, is off to a .375 start with six RBI. Back in Yarmouth after a breakout summer last year, Noah Campbell (South Carolina) went 2-for-2 with an RBI in his 2019 debut. Boyd Vander Kooi (Arizona State) allowed one earned in four innings for the win. In the second game, both teams had the bats working, particularly in the late innings. Cotuit trailed 7-4 in its last at-bat, but scored five runs, only to see Y-D answer with two for the tie. Parker Chavers (Coastal Carolina) led the late Cotuit rally with a two-run double. A wild pitch and an error allowed Y-D to tie the game. Wells also homered in the second game, giving him a league-best three on the year, in one day.
What to Watch
Three makeup games on the docket Monday. Two guys who pitched well in their debuts, Wareham’s Bryce Elder (Texas) and Falmouth’s Tommy Sheehan (Notre Dame), will square off at Arnie Allen Diamond.