Over the course of the last week, the Brewster Whitecaps have had games in which they gave up 19 and 14 runs, and two games immediately following in which they didn’t allow a single run.
I don’t know if I remember a team hitting such extremes in such a short amount of time, but I guess the Whitecaps will take the good side of the rollercoaster.
The latest turn of events was Wednesday’s 12-0 win over Hyannis, which came one day after a 14-2 loss to Falmouth.
Four pitchers combined on the shutout of the Harbor Hawks. Teddy McGraw (Wake Forest) delivered his third solid start of the sason, giving up two hits in four innings and striking out three. His ERA now sits at 1.42.
Those two hits were the only ones Hyannis got, as Brewster’s bullpen was even better than McGraw. Ryan Cardona (Marist), Michael Prosecky (Louisville) and Hunter Patteson (Central Florida) teamed up for five near-perfect innings.
Brewster’s offense was also humming. Colin Davis went 2-for-3 and stole two more bases. He’s up to 12 steals on the season and is batting .413, good for second in the league. Will Simpson (Washington) and Zach Neto (Campbell) both homered for the Whitecaps. Jake Thompson (Oklahoma State) drove in two runs.
Brewster is now 10-5-2, while Hyannis continues to scuffle, falling to 2-11.
Bourne 4, Falmouth 2
Bourne lost for the first time on Monday but has responded with a tie against Orleans and now a win over the Commodores. The victory was of the comeback variety. Falmouth took a 2-0 lead into the seventh, when the Braves scored three runs to take their first lead of the game. Dalton Rushing (Louisville) had an RBI single to get the rally off the ground in the seventh. Joshua Moylan (East Carolina) gave Bourne the lead with an RBI single. Max Anderson (Nebraska) and Joe Lampe (Arizona State) had two hits each for the Braves. On the mound, Jordan Patty (Central Michigan) allowed two runs in four innings and the relief corps was dominant with just one run allowed in the final five innings. Benjamin Ethridge (Southern Miss) got the win and Xavier Lovett (Mississippi State) earned his first save.
Cotuit 8, Chatham 3
Cotuit broke a 3-3 tie with five runs in the fifth en route to a victory over Chatham. Nathan Martorella (Cal) snapped the deadlock initially with an RBI single, but the Kettleers weren’t done. Andy Garriola (Old Dominion) cleared the bases with a three-run double and Matthew Donlan (UConn) added an RBI single. Brooks Baldwin (UNC Wilmington) and RJ Schreck (Duke) each chipped in two hits and an RBI. Cole Cummings (UC Santa Barbara) homered. The rally made a winner out of reliever Zachary Fruit (Eastern Michigan). Harrison Cohen (George Washington) finished out the game with two scoreless innings of relief.
Wareham 3, Harwich 3
Harwich scored a run in the top of the ninth inning to force a tie and preserved it in the bottom half for a draw with Wareham. An error scored Ben Malgeri (Northeastern) with the tying run. Before that, Harwich got a home run from Brock Wilken (Wake Forest), his third of the year. For Wareham, Tommy Troy (Stanford) hit his first home run, while Tres Gonzalez (Georgia Tech) had three hits. Owen Coady (Penn) pitched a scoreless final inning for Harwich to keep the game tied.
WHAT TO WATCH
Trey Dombroski (Monmouth) struck out 10 in just 3.2 innings for Harwich in his last outing, against Y-D. He draws the Red Sox again Thursday.
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