Updated: 16 hours later – Red Sox win Game One 12-11
After eight crazy innings, the Y-D Red Sox lead the Orleans Firebirds 12-11. Play will resume tomorrow at 12 p.m. at Red Wilson Field.
After eight crazy innings, the Y-D Red Sox lead the Orleans Firebirds 12-11. Play will resume tomorrow at 12 p.m. at Red Wilson Field.
The Y-D Red Sox have now lost five straight, and while clinching the division once seemed inevitable, the Whitecaps inch closer.
Y-D’s fifteen hits on the day set a new season-high, passing the 12 the Red Sox had against Bourne on June 21. The win also dropped Y-D’s magic number to one after Chatham’s loss to Cotuit. All the Red Sox need is a tie in the remaining eight games to guarantee a playoff berth.
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.
With Chatham’s Ben Hampton dominating through the first four innings Friday night, Taylor did the same for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. He matched Hampton out-for-out until, finally, the Sox made a breakthrough. Jonny Long’s two-run homer in the top of the fifth broke the deadlock, and the Red Sox cruised to a 4-1 win over the Chatham Anglers at Veterans 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 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox battled back from 2-0 and 4-3 deficits to take a 6-4 lead into the sixth inning, and although they allowed the Harwich Mariners to tie the game in the sixth, they held on to secure a 6-6 tie with the Mariners Friday night at Red Wilson Field. The game was called after seven innings due to darkness.
For most of the night, the Y-D offense couldn’t threaten the Harwich staff, and the 7th inning rally came up two runs short at Whitehouse Field.
After dropping their first game in a week yesterday, the Red Sox bounced back with a dominating 8-1 victory over the Chatham Anglers on Thursday night.
Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox field manager Scott Pickler tied the all-time Cape Cod Baseball League wins record with No. 539 as the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox beat the Chatham Anglers, 3-2, Friday night at Red Wilson Field.