Colin Davis (Wofford) is still running wild, and his Brewster club is making a run up the East Division standings at the same time.
Davis stole his ninth and 10th bases of the summer on Wednesday night as the Whitecaps blew past Chatham 9-1. The two teams had entered the night in a tie for second place. Brewster is now all alone in that spot with a 4-2-2 record. Chatham dropped to 3-5-2.
Davis has played in all eight of Brewster’s games and has stolen at least one base in all but two of them. He’s on pace to steal 50 bases. You would expect that pace to slow at some point, but if he were to keep it up, 50 would be a new Cape League record. Even 30 or 40 would be a huge number, particularly in light of recent league history. As stolen base totals have dropped at the Major League level, it’s been the same story on the Cape. A few times in recent seasons, the league leader hasn’t cracked 20.
Davis is getting plenty of chances, too. He went 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s game and drew two walks. He’s hitting .370 with a .486 on-base percentage.
Brewster gave him some company on the bases in the winning effort over Chatham. Jake Thompson (Oklahoma State) had three hits, Cooper Weiss (Coastal Carolina) hit his second home run of the summer and Zach Neto (Campbell) had two hits and also stole a base.
Teddy McGraw (Wake Forest) allowed one run in five innings for the win.
Hyannis 5, Falmouth 2
Mired in a 1-7 start, Hyannis broke out with four runs in the top of the first inning and made the lead stand up in a victory over Falmouth. Marcos Pujols Martinez (Dayton) had the big blow in the fast start with a two-run single. Mitchell Hartigan (Florida Atlantic) drove in a run with a single and Dominic Johnson (Oklahoma State) had an RBI triple. Caden Rose (Alabama) added an RBI in the fourth inning, part of a 2-for-4 day. Staked to the lead, Hunter Dula (Wingate) struck out six and allowed just one run in four innings. Five pitchers tossed one inning each out of the Hyannis bullpen, the last four delivering scoreless and hitless outings. Mark Adamiak (Arkansas) was credited with the win. Daniel Lloyd (South Carolina) struck out the side in the ninth for the save.
Orleans 12, Cotuit 4
Firebird standouts Jace Jung and Jordan Sprinkle are off to Team USA for a few weeks, but their teammates did plenty of damage in their absence Wednesday night, smacking 13 hits in a blowout of Cotuit. Tyler Locklear (VCU) and Chase DeLauter (James Madison) each hit their second home runs of the summer. Jared McKenzie (Baylor) went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Peyton Chatagnier (Ole Miss) scored three runs out of the leadoff spot. Marquis Grissom Jr. (Georgia Tech), son of the former MLB all-star, allowed one run in three innings in his first start. For Cotuit, Luke Gold (Boston College) picked up his league-leading 13th RBI.
Y-D 3, Wareham 3
The Red Sox scored a run in the eighth to force another tie, their fourth of the season in 10 games. Tanner Smith (Oregon) evened the score with a sacrifice fly. Christian Culpepper (California Baptist) pitched a scoreless ninth for Y-D to keep it tied and Jonathan Brand (Miami Ohio) did the same for Wareham in the bottom half. Justin Williams (Penn State) hit two home runs for Wareham, while Owen Diodati (Alabama) took over the league lead with his fourth homer of the summer.
Bourne 1, Harwich 1
Two hours of weather delays and great pitching from Harwich still couldn’t get the best of Bourne. Out of the delay, Colton Bender (Rutgers) hit a game-tying home run in the seventh inning and neither team scored again as the Braves remained undefeated with their second straight tie. Harwich had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the seventh on an RBI single by Carter Putz (Notre Dame). Cayden Wallace (Arkansas) threw out a runner at the plate on the same play to keep it a one-run game. Then came lightning and rain. When the game resumed, Bender was the first batter up and cranked the homer to tie it. Bourne is now 6-0-2 while Harwich is 3-5-1.
WHAT TO WATCH
Just one game on the schedule Thursday as Brewster visits Bourne. Andrew Taylor (Central Michigan) starts for the Braves after striking out eight in four scoreless innings in his first start.
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