Falmouth won its 10th and 11th consecutive games in a doubleheader sweep of Bourne on Saturday.

Let’s put 11 into perspective:

– The Cape League regular season is 44 games. Eleven is one quarter of that. Falmouth is unbeaten in a quarter of the summer.

– Falmouth has more consecutive wins than Hyannis has total wins this season.

– According to the Commodore social media crew, 11 is the longest win streak for the franchise since 1967. It’s also the longest in the league in at least a decade.

– The Commodores have done it in a brutally busy stretch. The 11 wins have come in 13 days, as rescheduled games piled up.

The two most recent wins were 4-2 and 6-4 triumphs over Bourne. The Commodores now own a league-best 24-12-1 record, and the extra games they’re playing are setting the stage for them to pull away. Cotuit has won two in a row but is now seven points back of Falmouth for first place.

Chris Gonzalez (Stetson) – who was on the hook for the loss the last time Falmouth was defeated – turned in his third straight strong start. He allowed two runs in five innings and struck out six on his way to the win. Sam Weatherly (Clemson) and Austin Langworthy (Florida) put the finishing touches on the win.

Hayden Cantrelle (Louisiana Lafayett) and Jackson Coutts (Rhode Island) had three hits each, while Zach DeLoach had two RBI.

In the second game, Falmouth built an early lead and held on. A three-run homer by Steven Moretto (Cal State Sacramento) provided much of the early surge. Trei Cruz (Rice) had an RBI and Cantrelle logged two more hits.

After Brant Brown (Eckerd) allowed two runs in five innings, Aidan Maldonado (Illinois) struck out four of the six batters he faced to finish out the win.

Orleans 4, Brewster 3; Brewster 7, Orleans 3

The Firebirds and Whitecaps split a twin bill at Stony Brook Field. In the opener, Shay Whitcomb (UC San Diego) went 3-for-3 with a home run. Zach Britton (Louisville) also homered and drove in two. Chase Wallace (Tennessee) earned the win out of the bullpen with three scoreless innings. For Brewster, T.J. Collett homered in the first game, moving into a tie for the league lead with nine. In the second game, Brewster didn’t homer but successfully rallied from 2-1 deficit in the fifth inning. Jesse Franklin (Michigan) led the way with two hits and three RBI.

Cotuit 10, Chatham 3

Chatham owned a decent win streak of its own, but Cotuit stopped it emphatically at four games. Oraj Anu (Wallace State), Nick Gonzales (New Mexico State), Matthew Mervis (Duke) and Adam Oviedo (Oral Roberts) did the damage in a 15-hit attack. Anu and Mervis had four hits each, while Gonzales had three hits and four RBI. Gonzales has shaken off a brief cold spell with a 6-for-11 stretch over his last three games. Ranking second in hitting, tied for fourth in home runs and second in RBI, Gonzales has to be the MVP favorite at this point. Jackson Wolf (West Virginia), Bo Hofstra (Purdue) and Mervis – a two-way player – were the beneficiaries of the offensive burst on the mound.

Y-D 13, Harwich 7

After playing to a tie the day before, Y-D and Harwich met again and the Red Sox prevailed in a slugfest. Austin Wells (Arizona) went 4-for-4 with an RBI, Riley King (Georgia) went 4-for-5 and Noah Cardenas (UCLA) drove in a three-run homer. Ledgend Smith (Oklahoma) gave up five runs, but only one was earned. Gordon Ingebritsen (UC Irvine) earned the save with three solid innings.

Wareham 9, Hyannis 1

After a long break, Ian Bedell (Missouri) picked up where he left off, striking out eight in five scoreless innings. That’s now five scoreless outings in his six starts this summer. His ERA stands at 0.59 and his 36 strikeouts rank fourth. He had plenty of offensive support in this one. Braiden Ward (Washington) went 2-for-5 with three RBI. Matt McClain (UCLA) went 2-for-3 with two RBI.

What to Watch

Falmouth is at the top of the watch priority list at this point. The Commodores will take on Bourne again at Doran Park tonight.

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