Joe Lampe (Arizona State) led off the bottom of the first inning on Saturday night with a single.
Nothing new there.
Lampe has been terrific in the leadoff spot for the Bourne Braves all summer, a constant presence that has made a big difference for the league’s top team. Lampe finished Saturday’s game with two hits and the Braves won 10-3 over Yarmouth-Dennis in a matchup of the league’s division leaders. Bourne is now 11-1-3.
Lampe has topped the Bourne lineup in all but one game this summer. Off a redshirt freshman season in which he hit .294 with a .383 on-base percentage with the Sun Devils, he started the summer with hits in Bourne’s first five games, a string that included a pair of multi-hit efforts. He has reached base in all but one game.
Thanks to Saturday’s two-hit night, Lampe is up to a .333 average. He ranks fifth in the league with a .458 on-base percentage.
With Lampe setting the table, Bourne continued to roll. The Braves lead the league in team batting average and team ERA. They had 15 hits on Saturday. In addition to Lampe’s multi-hit showing, Dalton Rushing (Louisville) went 4-for-5 with two RBI, Nick Goodwin (Kansas State) had three hits and Max Anderson (Nebraska) had two.
Three Bourne pitchers teamed up to allow just four hits. Austin Parsley (UNC Greensboro) gave up two runs in four innings. Trystan Vrieling (Gonzaga) pitched four perfect innings and dropped his ERA to 0.87. Off Mississippi State’s championship, Cade Smith allowed just an unearned run in his CCBL debut.
Harwich 7, Chatham 5
Chatham’s Adam Tulloch (West Virginia) and Gavin Crowley (Fordham) moved up to first and second in the league in strikeouts on Saturday, but Harwich found some offense amid the swings and misses en route to a win over the Anglers. Ben Malgeri (Northeastern) homered for the Mariners. Chris Newell (Virginia) had two hits and one RBI, as did Josh Hood (Pennsylvania). The Harwich bullpen dominated, with Liam Simon (Notre Dame) going 1.2 hitless innings and Owen Coady (Pennsylvania) struck out five of the six batters he faced in two perfect frames. For Chatham, Tulloch and Crowley both fanned seven. Tulloch now leads the league with 23 strikeouts and Crowley is tied for second with 22.
Brewster 5, Cotuit 3
With this win and Y-D’s loss, Brewster moves into a tie for first place in the East. Jake Thompson (Oklahoma State) hit his first home run of the summer, then added another one for good measure. Harrison Rutkowski (Rutgers) allowed a run for the first time all summer as Cotuit touched him up for three runs in the fourth inning. But the relief work by two Rutgers teammates behind him was spectacular. Brian Fitzpatrick and Dale Stanavich didn’t allow a hit while facing just one batter over the minimum. For Cotuit, Andy Garriola (Old Dominion) hit his third home run.
Wareham 4, Hyannis 2
Nick Clayton (Clemson) allowed just one hit in five scoreless innings to lead Wareham past Hyannis. Clayton also struck out five and had some help from the bullpen. Christian Ruebeck (Oklahoma) allowed one run in three innings, and Hunter Schilperoort (Pacific) allowed one run in one inning en route to the save. Owen Diodati (Alabama) drove in a run in the second inning, and it remained a 1-0 game into the seventh, when Jimmy Crooks (Oklahoma) cracked a three-run homer.
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