By: Brian Melanson and Kieran Wilson The last time the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox took the field was almost a year ago on August 8, 2022. Down in the Cape League Eastern Division Finals 1-0 to the Brewster Whitecaps, the Red Sox fought a hotly contested battle, but lost the game, 9-7, ending their season. The … Read more
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When surveying The Cape, you’re surrounded by a plethora of unique and memorable foods.
Y-D lost the division title, but everything resets tonight as the CCBL playoffs get underway. Y-D begins a three-game series against Orleans.
Despite a tie with Harwich in the two teams’ final meeting of the summer and a loss to Hyannis at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford, the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox managed to win each of their next two games to move within a point of clinching a playoff berth, and six points away from clinching the East Division title.
After a 4-1-1 week, the Y-D Red Sox have an eight-point lead atop the East division and are looking for a strong push over the final four games before the All-Star break.
The Sox struggled late in the week, but remain in first place in the East division thanks to three wins early in the week. A look at that and more around the Cape from the past seven days.
After a comeback victory against Bourne, the Sox fell to Orleans before rattling off wins against Chatham and Cotuit and sweeping Falmouth in a doubleheader on Sunday.
In his twenty-fourth season at the helm of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, Scott Pickler now stands alone on the Cape Cod Baseball League coaching mountaintop.
