Kettleers Even Record at .500 (3-3-1) With Big Win Over Brewster

Davidson & Hollander's Hot Bats Pace Cotuit to Victory

June 22, 2005

By Megan Kerr, Asst. Web Editor

COTUIT, MA - A sixth inning exlposion on the part of the Cotuit Kettleers powered them past the Brewster Whitecaps as the Kettleers won their second in a row by a score of 5-0.

    Again, the Cotuit pitchers were excellent, but on this occasion, their work was overshadowed by the bats of the Kettleers.  Both starting pitchers gave their teams five strong innings, neither allowing a single run to score, but while the relievers of the Kettleers were able to continue to contain the Whitecaps attack, the same couldn't be said of the relievers for Brewster.
      Heath Rollins (Winthrop, 1 K, 1 BB) performed very strong in the five innings he pitched for the Whitecaps, but as soon as he departed, the attack of the Kettleers heated up.  Facing Will Savage (Oklahoma, 2 Ks, 1 BB), the losing pitcher, in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Kettleers were able to score two earned runs off of him and five runs in total, which would be all that was needed for the victory.  Savage loaded the bases with no outs and then had to face Todd Davidson (Delaware, 1 for 3 batting, 2 RBI), who was third in the league entering the game with 6 RBI.  Davidson came through yet again as he doubled in the first two runs of the game.

    Later in the inning, with two outs and runners on second and third, Michael Hollander (LSU, 2 for 4 batting, 2 RBI) came to the plate.  Hollander hadn't recorded a single RBI in the three game he had previously played in, but this streak ended when he singled in two more runs for the Kettleers for his first RBI of the season.  Sean Gastan (Notre Dame, 2 for 4 batting, 1 RBI), who didn't have hit before this game, then added the final run when he singled to bring home Hollander, who had stolen second base.
      Tim Ladd (Georgia Tech, 2 Ks, O BB) didn't struggle at all in the four innings of relief that he pitched for the Kettleers, and as a result, he picked up his first win of the season.  Brewster only managed to record five hits against the combined pitching of Charles Blackman (Young Harris, 7 Ks, 3 BBs) and Ladd, which ultimately doomed Brewster.  The Whitecaps left eight men on base, and because of their inability to do anything with pitching of the Kettleers, they ended up losing the game.
     With the win, Cotuit evened the season series with Brewster at 1-1.

    The Kettleers now have a day off before they face Wareham at home on friday and hopefully, they will continue their winning ways.