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Daily Fog: Still Going

  • Aaron Blair (Marshall) celebrated his all-star starting nod with another solid performance as Y-D beat Brewster 6-1 for its seventh straight win. Blair improved to 6-0 with five strong innings. He allowed a run on five hits and struck out five, and his ERA is now 1.27. The Y-D bats were as quiet as they’ve been throughout the streak, but still managed to push the six runs across. Alex Blandino (Stanford) had two RBI to lead the charge, while Zak Blair (Mercyhurst), Mason Katz (LSU), Justin Shafer (Florida) and Sean McHugh (Purdue) all drove in one apiece.

  • Harwich remained a game ahead of Y-D thanks to a 7-6 victory over Orleans, its third in a row. Phillip Ervin (Samford), whose home run pace had slowed way down, hit one for the second straight night, bringing his total to 10. Brian Ragira (Stanford) also homered, his eighth, while JaCoby Jones (LSU) hit his fourth. On the mound, David Whitehead (Elon) gave up 11 hits in six innings but only four runs. The bullpen then held off a charge by the Firebirds, with Vladimir Camacho (Franklin Pierce) picking up the save.
  • Cotuit edged Chatham 2-1 thanks to four strong pitching performances. Starter Adam McCreery (Arizona State) gave up a run in 4.1 innings, before relievers Ryan Connolly (Coastal Carolina), Brandon Bixler (Florida Gulf Coast) and Dan Slania (Notre Dame) combined for 4.2 scoreless innings. Connolly got the win, while Bixler and Slania both struck out the side in one perfect inning each. Jacob May (Coastal Carolina) and Patrick Biondi (Michigan) drove in the runs for the Kettleers.

  • Hyannis got another quality starting pitching performance and beat Wareham 6-4, its fourth win in a row. Jeff Hoffman (East Carolina) struck out eight and gave up four runs in six innings on his way to the win. Brett Michael Doran (Stanford) had two RBI to lead the offense while newly-minted all-star Brandon Trinkwon (UC Santa Barbara) had three hits. Hyannis is now tied with Wareham for third in the West.

  • Bourne scored all five of its runs in the last three innings en route to a 5-4 victory over Falmouth, who has lost five straight. Mason Robbins (Southern Miss) and Trent Gilbert (Arizona) each knocked in two for the Braves, and Chase McDonald (East Carolina) had the other RBI. Hawtin Buchanan (Ole Miss) picked up the win in relief and John Farrell (William & Mary) got the save.

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    6 Replies to “Daily Fog: Still Going”

    1. Another day, another umpiring controversy: At Orleans, the umpire called Max Rossiter’s game-tying and possibly game-winning grounder down the left-field line foul. Rossiter’s struck out on the next pitch to end the game.

      The Orleans third-base coach used his foot to draw a circle around the spot where the ball landed directly on the chalk line, about 20 feet behind third base.

      On another subject, does anybody know why Chatham released Pinder?

    3. Thanks, Joseph. Chatham’s best hitter, Knapp, was out of the lineup again last night, as was Austin Wilson for Harwich, and Phil Ervin left the game. I wonder if they too might be injured.

      Also King has missed the last couple games for Falmouth.

    5. Austin Wilson hurt his back when he landed awkwardly on the first base bag in the game against Orleans this past week. Get your autograph of this sure first-rounder now. Me thinks he may not be long for the Cape.

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