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Day 31: Bourne @ Y-D

Posted by Andrew | Filed Under Games | 

Mitch Moreland on deck, Josh Satin battingThe two best teams in the league faced off Sunday night at Red Wilson Field behind D-Y High School. The summer sun turned to overcast right before this game began and the wind was blowing hard toward left field, which allowed for many home runs at one of the best parks to hit home runs at. Bourne’s Josh Satin (Cal-Berkeley; pictured left batting) hit his 4th, Y-D’s Gordon Beckham went yard for his league-leading 8th home run, and Y-D’s Joey Railey (San Francisco) nailed his 1st of the season.

Bourne fans felt cheated when this one was called a 6-5 Y-D victory after seven innings due to darkness. A controversial balk call in favor of Y-D in the 7th inning didn’t help the matter. One Braves fan exclaimed “that’s the only way you’ll beat us!”

It was a tough night for pitching, with the two best hitting teams facing off against each other. All pitchers surrendered at least one run. Bourne starter Mitch Harris (Naval Academy) may have been pulled a bit to early. He went three innings, struck out five, and was charged with just two runs.

Early in the game it was a scary scene as a Bourne volunteer fainted on the visitor’s side due to dehydration. Both team’s trainers ran over to help out. An ambulance was called, and the young man was able to stand up by himself to lay down on the stretcher. CodBall wishes him a speedy recovery and we hope that everything is ok.

Bourne’s Bill Perry (Hartford) had a nice 2 RBI, 2 hit night. Here’s a video of him facing Y-D’s Trevor Holder (Georgia). Trevor pitched three innings of relief with five strikeouts to earn the win. Click here for tonight’s photoset.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blJR4y1oSzg

Comments

4 Responses to “Day 31: Bourne @ Y-D”

  1. Andrew on July 16th, 2007 10:24 am

    That was me last night venting my frustrations at the ball-game.

    The gentleman who got sick is Chris Gallagher. He has been the Bourne Brave bat boy for five years and is one of our star interns.

    Thanks to Cod Ball for making sure that he is O.K. As of yesterday night he was out of the hospital and making a speedy recovery.

    Please tune into Bourne Brave games on CCBL.com

    Although we don’t use the video stream often, we are on for every game (either on the internet or phone lines).

    Go BRAVES!

    Andrew Grover

    “voice of bourne”

  2. Joseph F. Cavanaugh III on July 18th, 2007 2:14 pm

    I attended this great game between the top teams in the league. Photos of the game are posted at http://www.CapeHomepage.com, or http://www.TheCapeLeague.com. Enjoy!!

  3. Backstop on July 19th, 2007 2:16 pm

    The Bourne Braves are dead. If they make the playoffs, I’ll be surprised.

    No pitching + Horrible defense = An untimely end to the Braves championship hopes.

    Y/D over Falmouth for the title.

  4. Dave on July 19th, 2007 3:49 pm

    I don’t think the Braves are “dead” but I agree that Falmouth will grab one of the playoff spots in the West. The Commodores pitching rotation is very strong. Actually, as good as Falmouth’s pitching is, their team ERA is 3.92 and Bourne’s team ERA is half a run per game lower at 3.34. Having said that, I do expect that Falmouth will end up with a better team ERA than Bourne by the end of the season.
    Cotuit is a team that is really in trouble. Their team ERA is 5.39 which is unheard of in the Cape League. Losing Mike Bianucci and Jason Rook from their lineup will not help their cause.
    I keep waiting for Wareham to make a run but with each passing day that seems less likely to happen. The Gatemen pitching has been solid but they have received little offensive support. Luke Murton (.188), Dominic de la Osa (.147) and Jason Ogata (.139) are just three players who have failed to produce as they were expected to. Wareham is eight points behind Falmouth for second place but with Falmouth playing better than anyone else in the league right now, it will be hard to make up that ground in the remaining 16 games.

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