Seven pitchers. Two shutouts.
It was a good night to take the mound for Hyannis and Orleans.
Three pitchers combined on a shutout for the Harbor Hawks in a 2-0 win over Harwich and four did the honors for Orleans in a 5-0 win over Brewster.
The win for Hyannis was its fourth in a row. Making his first start after two relief appearances, Jeremy Randolph (Wright State) started the scoreless streak with 4.2 innings. He allowed five hits and two walks but managed to escape a couple of jams, thanks in part to catcher Kyle Wilkie (Clemson), who caught a pair of runners stealing.
Reliever Ryan Pepiot (Butler) entered one of the tough spots in the fifth but wiggled out of a bases-loaded situation with a ground ball. Pepiot would go on to toss 2.1 innings without allowed a hit.
Adam Elliott (Louisville) came on for the eighth and worked two scoreless frames to finish off the shutout. By then, Hyannis had a lead, thanks to an RBI by Trevor Hauver (Arizona State) and an error that allowed another run to score.
In Orleans, the Firebirds followed a similar pitching script. Kade Mechals (Skagit Valley College), a junior college transfer who’s bound for Grand Canyon, allowed three hits and struck out three in five innings for the win. Kevin Kelly (James Madison) followed with two innings of one-hit ball, and Nicholas Osborne (Tennessee Tech) pitched a one-hit eighth. Shay Smiddy (Louisville) struck out two in a perfect ninth to finish out the win.
Spencer Steer (Oregon) hit his second home run of the summer to lead the Orleans offense, while James Free II (Pacific) had two RBI.
League batting average leader Michael Massey (Illinois) continued his season-long hitting streak for Brewster with a 1-for-4 day. He has at least one hit in all 11 games he’s played.
What to Watch
The top two teams in the West square off at McKeon Park as Hyannis hosts Wareham.