The Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox saw their season come to an end Monday night at Red Wilson Field, as they fell to the Brewster Whitecaps, 9-7, in Game 2 of the Cape League Eastern Division Finals. Brewster won the best-of-three series, 2-0.
Y-D dropped the first game of the Eastern Division Finals to the Whitecaps on Sunday, putting the Sox on the brink of elimination.
Carrigg fired an electric, five-out save with four strikeouts to seal Y-D’s 8-4 win over the Orleans Firebirds in Game 2 of the First Round of the Cape Cod Baseball League Playoffs, completing a two-game sweep.
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.
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’s winless streak extends to eight games, finishing in second place in the East division, setting up a first-round playoff matchup with Orleans.
The two teams battled to a 2-2 tie at Red Wilson Field Tuesday night, setting up one final chance for Y-D to win the division Wednesday night.
The Red Sox lost their sixth straight game, this time by giving up five runs to the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the first frame and despite putting up four runs in the second, they never fully recovered in a 7-5 loss Sunday night at Red Wilson Field. The game was called after eight innings due to darkness.
The Y-D Red Sox have now lost five straight, and while clinching the division once seemed inevitable, the Whitecaps inch closer.
The Firebirds took a late lead on an RBI fielder’s choice in the seventh inning and never relinquished, handing the Red Sox a 4-1 defeat.
