back and forth: sunday, august 5

LAST NIGHT

• In a little bit of a statement game, Y-D pounded Chatham 7-1 in what was likely a playoff preview . . . The Red Sox took advantage of five Chatham errors and scored six unearned runs . . . Trevor Holder, who had been a reliever early in the summer, made his third start and struck out five in 6.2 shutout innings . . . Y-D’s Sean Ochinko hit his eighth home run to tie teammate Gordon Beckham for the league lead with eight
• Brewster kept its playoff hopes alive with an 8-1 victory over Harwich . . . Ryan Cook allowed a run over seven innings for the victory . . . Suddenly, things are looking interesting in the East race. The best Brewster can hope for is a tie, but that’s a better possibility than it was a week ago. In its final three games, Brewster plays Chatham twice. If the Whitecaps can win both those games and the season finale, then have Chatham lose its other two, we’ll have a tie . . . If all that happens and Orleans wins its last three, I think we’ll have a three-way tie
• Bourne clinched first place in the West and snapped a two-game skid with a 5-0 victory over Wareham . . . Rick Zagone tossed a complete-game five-hit shutout and struck out 10. That’s just the fourth shutout of the summer
• Falmouth lost to Orleans, opening the door for Hyannis to get within a game, but the Mets couldn’t get all the way through — they tied Cotuit, which leaves them three points back of Falmouth for second place . . . Both Falmouth and Hyannis have three games left, one against each other in Wednesday’s season finale . . . Of note in the Hyannis-Cotuit game, Cotuit’s Josh Harrison went 4-for-5 with two RBI, and Hyannis’ Matt Daly allowed three runs on eight hits in his first start since throwing a no-hitter

TONIGHT

• In the biggest game of the night, Brewster sends Mike Colla to the hill at Chatham, who has Charles Brewer going . . . If the A’s win, they’ll get second place and make the last few days of the season a little less crucial
• In the West, Hyannis visits Cotuit and Falmouth hosts Bourne

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