Weather can take, as it did a few weeks ago when Harwich saw an 11-0 lead erased by a rainout before the game became official.
And it can give.
The favor was returned for Harwich Wednesday night, as the Mariners built another big lead against Brewster, played enough innings to make the game official and watched dark rain clouds force the game to be called, just in time to stop a Whitecaps rally.
Weather also turned five perfect innings by Bourne’s Nick Dombkowski (Hartford) into a five-inning perfect game as the Braves beat Y-D 6-0.
Harwich ended up winning 12-11 in one of the wildest games of the season. They led 11-0 after the third inning, gave up six runs, scored one more and gave up five in the sixth. After Harwich escaped the sixth with the lead, the game was called in the top of the seventh.
Niko Kavadas (Notre Dame) hit his league-best eighth home run for the Mariners, while Chris Galland (Boston College) had three hits and three RBI. Brewster’s rally was led by Tyler Hardman (Oklahoma), who went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI. Kurt Wilson (Texas Tech) also homered and drove in two.
Harwich has won two in a row and has a three-point lead over Brewster in the East standings.
As for the weather impacts in Bourne, it’s too bad Dombkowski didn’t get a chance to keep his dominance going, but a perfect game is a perfect game. He struck out seven of the 15 batters he faced. He lowered his season ERA from 3.43 to 2.92.
A home run by Jimmy Glowenke (Dallas Baptist), who went 3-for-3, provided most of the offensive backing for Dombkowski’s gem.
Cotuit 7, Hyannis 6
In the only other game that survived the weather, Cotuit scored four runs in the sixth inning for a comeback win over Hyannis. A two-run single by Mason McWhorter (Georgia Southern) tied the game and a Parker Chavers (Coastal Carolina) RBI single gave the Kettleers the lead. The game was called in the top of the seventh. Trey Holland (Sewanee) earned the win. Nick Gonzales (New Mexico State) hit his sixth home run for the Kettleers. Hyannis, which has lost five in a row and fell to 6-24-1, got a home run from all-star Jared DeSantolo (Florida Atlantic) and three hits by Ian Fair (Northeastern).
What to Watch
Chatham and Y-D have been matching results for a while now, so much so that they tied in their last meeting. Chatham remains in first place, two points ahead of Y-D, but they’ll meet again tonight at Veterans Field.