The top two strikeout pitchers in the league squared off last night as Wareham visited Cotuit. They didn’t disappoint.
But I guess the end result kind of did disappoint.
Wareham’s Jed Bradley (Georgia Tech) and Cotuit’s Nick Tropeano (Stony Brook) both went deep into the game, but when they left the score was tied. And it stayed there as darkness fell before either team could take a lead. The result was a 1-1 tie in 11 innings, just the second tie of the Cape League season.
Wareham was looking to win its fourth game in a row and Bradley put them in position to do that. He face Cotuit in his last start and didn’t far great, but this time he went nine innings and allowed one run on seven hits. He struck out nine, which vaulted him into the league lead with 34.
Unfortunately for the Gatemen, Tropeano is right behind Bradley in strikeouts and he delivered his best start of the season this time out. He allowed one run on four hits in eight innings and struck out six.
Adam McClain (Memphis) drove in Wareham’s only run, while Curt Casali (Vanderbilt) scored Cotuit’s only run. Both runs came in the second inning and neither team did anything after that. Keith Bilodeau (Maine) pitched two scoreless innings of relief for Wareham, while Matt Murray (Georgia Southern) and Ryan Duke (Oklahoma) worked three shutout frames. Duke, Oklahoma’s closer this season, was making his Cape League debut.
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