A day after three games were postponed due to rain, four games got postponed last night.
Sammy Solis is pretty happy that Chatham and Wareham decided to play.
Solis, a freshman from San Diego, tossed seven shutout innings to lead Chatham past Wareham 2-0. The 6’4 lefthander allowed just two hits, struck out eight and didn’t walk anybody. It was the second strong start of the summer by Solis, who has two of Chatham’s four wins. For the season, he hasn’t allowed an earned run and he has struck out 16 with just one walk in 12 innings.
Last night, Solis out-dueled another top freshmen. Wareham’s Brandon Workman (Texas), struck out 10 and allowed two runs in five innings. That moved him into the league lead in strikeouts (Solis is second).
Grant Green (USC) delivered all the offense off Workman with a two-run double in the second inning. And that was all the offense Chatham needed. The USC bullpen tandem of Kevin Couture and Brad Boxberger teamed up for three scoreless innings to preserve the win. Boxberger picked up his third save.
I’d say the big news out of yesterday was still Solis. Before the season, he looked like a guy who might emerge — a big, tall freshman, highly-touted out of high school, good college numbers. His potential had me thinking he could be the top freshman pitcher on the Cape. At this rate, you can drop the freshman label. He’s tied for the league lead in wins and ERA, and he’s second in strikeouts. Only Hyannis’ Andrew Carraway has put up similar numbers.
What to Watch For Tonight
- No rain in the forecast — that’s the big one.
- There were only two games originally on the schedule for tonight. Falmouth and Brewster made it three when they pushed last night’s game to tonight.
- Keep an eye on box scores. College World Series players should start trickling in this week.
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