With two games to end the regular season and an imminent playoff match-up, Bourne and Wareham are going to be seeing a lot of each other in the next week. Where those meetings happen depends on how the regular season finishes up.
Wareham beat Bourne 6-3 last night to move within two points of the second-place Braves in the West standings. The teams play again in the season finale tomorrow night, and if the Gatemen win again, they would take over second place and grab home-field advantage for their first-round playoff series with Bourne. If the Braves win Wednesday, they would hold onto second and take home-field for themselves.
Wareham got it done last night thanks to a 14-hit attack and four runs in the eighth inning. Bourne led 3-2 for much of the game before breaking out in the eighth. Daniel Palka (Georgia Tech) and Tyler Ross (LSU) had RBI singles, C.T. Bradford (Mississippi State) knocked in a run with a triple and another run came home on an RBI groundout by William Carmona (Stony Brook).
Luke Farrell (Northwestern), who had come on in the fifth, then pitched a scoreless eighth before Konner Wade (Arizona) picked up his 11th save. Farrell got the win after a solid start by Jake Boyd (Stetson), a recent addition to the Wareham roster.
The Gatemen were led offensively by Palka, who went 4-for-4 with two RBI, raising his average to .330. That ranks him third in the league. Ross and Bradford had two hits each.
D.J. Hicks had two hits for Bourne.
The teams will play again Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Wareham.
What to Watch
Game: Wareham vs. Bourne was the only game on the schedule last night, but tonight features five games, including a doubleheader between Hyannis and Falmouth in Falmouth. The twin bill begins at 4:30 p.m.
Player: Falmouth is reeling lately, but Jeremy Baltz (St. John’s) is still hitting. He’s at .309 with 13 doubles and 22 RBI, and he has eight hits in his last seven games.