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