Chatham’s Kaden Polcovich (Northwest Florida) led off the bottom of the first inning Monday with a home run.
Things went on from there.
The Anglers pounded three homers and 13 hits overall en route to the highest-scoring game of the Cape League season, a 15-1 demolition of Y-D at Veterans Field.
Paxton Wallace (Wichita State) and Ben Ramirez (USC) joined Polcovich in homering. Jamal O’Guinn (USC) had two doubles and four RBI. Nine players had hits for the Anglers and nine players scored runs. And it could have been an even bigger night, as Chatham left nine runners on base.
On a night when they didn’t need it, the Anglers also got dominant pitching. Kolby Kubichek (Texas) struck out six in five scoreless innings and allowed just two hits.
The win moved Chatham into a tie for second place with Y-D.
Orleans 3, Falmouth 1
The Firebirds won their fourth in a row and now sit at 10-4-2. Pitching carried the day again, with five different arms doing the lifting. Noah Skirrow (Liberty) delivered one of the team’s best starts thus far, striking out nine in five shutout innings. Connor Pellerin (Tulane), Zebullion Vermillion (Arkansas) and Kamron Fields (Texas) tossed a scoreless frame each, before Jeffrey Praml (Southern New Hampshire) picked up his fourth save. Falmouth held up its end of the pitchers duel bargain early on, with Carmen Mlodzinski (South Carolina) tossing five hitless innings with seven strikeouts, but the Firebirds got to the Falmouth bullpen.
Cotuit 9, Hyannis 8
A run in the eighth helped Cotuit outlast Hyannis in a back-and-forth affair. After Hyannis had tied the game at 8-8 with five runs in the top of the eighth inning, Oraj Anu (Wallace Community College) untied it with a solo home run. Bo Hofstra (Purdue), who had been touched up for three of the Hyannis runs in the eight, followed with a scoreless ninth to seal the win for Cotuit. Anu’s home run was one of three hit by the Kettleers on the day. Casey Schmitt (San Diego State) also went deep, as did Parker Chavers (Coastal Carolina). Brooks Carlson (Samford) homered for Hyannis.
Bourne 6, Wareham 1
The Braves snapped a three-game slide with a win over first-placw Wareham. Mac Lardner (Gonzaga) scattered six hits and allowed one run in six innings of work. Colby Dunlop (UConn) was dominant in relief, with five strikeouts across two innings. Tyler Brosius (Rhode Island) pitched a quiet final frame for his fifth consecutive scoreless, hitless outing. He hasn’t allowed a hit in 6.1 innings. Jackson Greer (East Tennessee State) powered the Bourne offense with two hits and three RBI. Zavier Warren (Central Michigan) knocked in two runs, and Jud Fabian (Florida) had three hits.
What to Watch
Orleans will try to keep its win streak going against Hyannis, with another potential ace making his first start. Austin Love was the closer for North Carolina this year. He has pitched two scoreless relief outings for the Firebirds so far.