Week 7 Recap: Playoff Primer
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.
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.
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.
Behind another stellar start from Northeastern’s Eric Yost, who tossed six scoreless frames, the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox rolled to a 6-2 victory over the Bourne Braves Wednesday night at Red Wilson Field.
In a game where the offense struggled, the pitching staff was able to hold the Brewster bats at bay to salvage a 1-1 tie with the Whitecaps on Tuesday at Red Wilson Field.
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.
The Y-D Red Sox put up five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, capped by a huge two-run double from Western Carolina’s Pas Ferreras, to overturn a 4-0 deficit and run away with an 8-4 win. The game was called after eight innings due to darkness.
Despite starting the season 0-3-1, the Red Sox went 3-0-1 over their next four games once the bats got going. Through those first four games, the Red Sox put up just six runs. In the next four, they scored 22 times.
Y-D earned three points in the standings after a win and a tie in Bourne on Monday night.
BOURNE– After a rainout against Falmouth, the first place in the east Red Sox traveled to the first place in the west Bourne Braves Saturday night. Y-D was hoping to make a statement against the Braves but fell short in a 10-3 loss. With the loss, the Red Sox are tied for first place in … Read more