back and forth: tuesday, july 24

LAST NIGHT

Two 1-0 games last night as Orleans beat Falmouth and Hyannis topped Wareham
Orleans handed Falmouth its second shutout in as many nights, winning it in the eighth on a Dennis Raben home run . . . Eric Surkamp tossed 5.1 shutout innings and five relievers kept it scoreless . . . Aaron Crow remained dominatingly steady (I just invented that term) with seven strikeouts and two hits allowed in six shutout innings, dropping his league-leading ERA to .52
Hyannis’ Andrew Doyle tossed a complete-game five-hit shutout as the Mets bested Wareham 1-0
With the Falmouth loss, first-place Bourne picked up some distance after beating Cotuit 4-1
Chatham won its third straight with a 3-2 victory over Harwich
Brewster stayed on the pace for the second-place race in the East, beating first-place Y-D 6-1

TONIGHT

Wareham at Falmouth, 7 p.m.: A pair of all-stars meet again as Kyle Gibson takes on Wareham’s Wade Miley for the second time in a week . . . Last time, the pair combined to strike out 15 in 14 innings, while allowing just two earned runs . . . Miley was a hard-luck loser
Some things will be sorted out in the East as second-place Chatham takes on fifth-place Harwich while third-place Orleans visits fourth-place Brewster . . . Just four points separate Chatham from Brewster; Orleans is three points back
Cotuit will try to stop its 10-game losing streak but it won’t be easy: the Kettleers play first-place Bourne for the second consecutive night
The 5 p.m. Orleans at Brewster game is designated as a Scouts Day

Daily Fog: Staff Day
Twelve different pitchers have taken the mound for Orleans in three games this season. It was another team effort Thursday and it worked. Six pitchers combined to hold down Orleans in a 6-4 victory a...