The Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox have been lucky the past several seasons to have the services of Kate McSorley and Alex Seeger, two local students with a passion for baseball. Alex has been a bat boy, and Kate has served both as bat girl and assistant with the youth clinics. They have spent countless hours doing … Read more
(Photo Courtesy of Zach Foley) By Kieran Wilson Orleans topped Y-D 4-3 in the second and final game of the Eastern Division finals to sweep the Red Sox and end their season. Y-D was resilient, battling back to tie the game twice, but just couldn’t do enough to pull out the win. Red Sox pitchers … Read more
(Photos Courtesy of Zach Foley) By Ben Strober The top of the eighth inning had an eerie feeling to it for Yarmouth-Dennis. The Red Sox held a 4-3 lead, but Orleans slowly creeped its way back from a 4-1 deficit. With Boston Mabeus on the mound, Orleans put the left-hander into trouble with a pair … Read more
By Ben Strober “This team’s too good to lay over and die,” Y-D field manager Scott Pickler said after the team fell 18-7 in game one of the East Semis. That game one showed a division champion team looking uninspired, and sluggish. Brewster’s 18 runs marked the most given up by the Red Sox all … Read more
(Photos Courtesy of Zach Foley) By Kieran Wilson The Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox appeared to be finished after a brutal, 18-7 beatdown in the first game of the Eastern Divisional playoffs. But they battled back in game two to force a decisive game three on Sunday. They didn’t waste their second chance. Behind masterful pitching, Y-D … Read more
By Ben Strober It was the bottom of the sixth in Brewster; Yarmouth starting pitcher Finnegan Wall stood in, absolutely untouchable from the start. On a two-strike pitch, Wall induced a grounder that second baseman Ryan Jackson scooped and threw to first to retire Wall’s sixth no-hit inning. Wall pounded his fists into his glove … Read more
(Photo Courtesy of Zach Foley) By Kieran Wilson Y-D’s first game of the opening round of the playoffs against Brewster was anything but a nail-biter. They fell behind early and never managed to right the ship, eventually losing 18-7. The pitching staff struggled mightily and the bats just couldn’t catch up to their Brewster counterparts. … Read more
(Photo Courtesy of Zach Foley) By Kieran Wilson 44 games have come and gone and the playoffs are finally here! Y-D has done its part and earned first place in the East Division, meaning they also have home-field advantage for the entire divisional playoffs. In this piece, we’ll take a look at all of the … Read more
By Ben Strober Once Yarmouth-Dennis captured its final out of the regular season in Wareham, a small celebration ensued. Y-D’s fate wasn’t determined, but still, the Red Sox poured out of the dugout with glee to take a team picture. The entire team even insisted that 84-year-old superfan Gary Wilson come to join them for … Read more
By Ben Strober With two gone in the bottom of the fifth, Y-D starting pitcher Gage Williams looked to end his night with the sheet clean. With a sizable lead at hand, Williams worked to reward his hitters. Williams induced an inning-ending grounder and walked back to the dugout with a visible large grin across … Read more
