It was a different kind of game last night, with a lot more on the line than usual. Players on both sides of the Bourne-Falmouth play-in game responded. The starting pitchers were lights-out, and several players in both lineups delivered key hits.
But two Commodores lifted their games higher than anybody else.
Shaeffer Hall (Kansas), who’s been solid out of the bullpen this year for Falmouth, was much more than solid on this night. He relieved Nate Karns in the fifth inning and proceeded to pitch the rest of the game without allowing a hit or a run. He struck out six and didn’t walk anybody.
Hall’s dominance set the stage for the Commodores to rally from their 2-1 deficit, and they did that thanks to an even more unlikely hero. After Michael Thomas (Southern) knocked in the tying run, Brandon Macias (South Mountain CC), who batted .039 this season, hit a single to bring in the go-ahead run.
And that was that. Hall finished it off. Falmouth won 3-2, and the playoffs were finally sorted out.
Everything gets underway today, with Falmouth visiting Cotuit at 3 p.m. and Harwich traveling to Orleans at 7 p.m.
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