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2009
Cotuit Kettleers Game Recaps
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Western
Division leading Bourne thumps Cotuit 13-1
story by Steve McCarthy
July 29, 2009
BOURNE - The much anticipated matchup of two of the
top teams in the Western Division turned into a
lopsided affair in favor of the Bourne Braves, who
throttled the Cotuit Kettleers 13-1 Wednesday at
Doran Park.
Raynor Campbell (Baylor) drove in six runs and
scored two in a 4-for-5 night. He launched a three
run home run in the second inning that opened up an
8-0 lead. Campbell entered the game with just five
RBI’s on the season, but added three RBI-singles
to go with the home run. “I just got pitches to
hit tonight, and I didn’t miss them,” Campbell
said. “I got a lot of hard work in there, and just
keep battling, and stuff will happen good for
you.”
Cotuit trailed Bourne by just one point before the
game for the Western Division lead. Bourne (20-15-2)
now leads the Wareham Gatemen by one point and the
Kettleers (17-17-5) by three with the final week of
the regular season approaching.
“Every win at this point in the season, especially
when the race is this close with Cotuit and Wareham,
every game is going to be key,” Campbell said.
“Tonight was a huge win for us.”
Scott Woodward (Coastal Carolina) scored three runs
from the leadoff spot for Bourne. The top five in
the Braves batting order, along with number nine
hitter Zack MacPhee (Arizona St.) accounted for all
of the scoring. Rob Segedin (Tulane), Kyle Roller
(East Carolina), and Campbell each scored twice in
the first two innings. MacPhee tripled in the sixth
and scored three runs. “The last couple games we
haven’t been hitting the ball well,” Woodward
said. “Tonight was really one of the first nights
we’ve been doing really well.”
Bourne starting pitcher Alex Wimmers (Ohio St.)
allowed the lone Cotuit run in his five inning
outing, but was otherwise dominant. He struck out
ten and surrendered four hits while walking three.
Cotuit totaled just five hits in the game.
“Wimmers has some great stuff,” Woodward said.
“He can get anybody out on any type of pitch, and
he can throw any pitch in any count. You have to
give props to Alex for getting ahead of everybody
and throwing whatever he wanted to.”
Cameron Roth (UNC-Wilmington), Justin Poovey
(Florida), and Stephen Harrold (UNC Wilmington) got
some work in relief with the comfortable lead. Roth
pitched two innings after relieving Wimmers, and
Poovey and Harrold each worked one. Each struck out
two. Roth was the only one to allow a hit.
The Braves scored once in the fourth inning, three
times in the fifth, and once more in the sixth
inning before finally getting shut down by Cotuit
reliever Andres Caceres (Connors St. JC). Caceres
struck out six in three and two-thirds innings and
was responsible for just the final Bourne run.
Spot starter Matt Grace (UCLA) made his first start
of the season for the Kettleers, and was rocked from
Woodward’s leadoff single in the first inning to
leaving Segedin and Roller on first and second
before Campbell’s longball. Grace was tagged for
seven earned runs on six hits in an inning and
two-thirds. He struck out two and walked two. Jeff
Walters (Georgia) struck out eight in the middle two
and two-thirds innings but also allowed four earned
runs of five that crossed before he was relieved by
Caceres.
The Braves pounded out eleven hits total, despite
striking out 16 times. A pair of Cotuit errors
proved costly.
“We just got opportunities tonight,” Campbell
said. “Things fell for us. We had a bunch of balls
that weren’t hit hard that fell. We battled and
that’s really all we can do. Strikeouts are going
to happen with good pitching like this and the wood
bats.”
The Kettleers broke up the shutout in the fourth
inning when Cody Stanley (UNC Wilmington) scored on
a ground rule double by Jeff Rowland (Georgia Tech).
Rowland’s hit to left-center field was one of
three ground rule doubles in the game over Doran
Park’s low fence.
All Cape League teams will have a day off Thursday
due to the All-Star recognition ceremony at the
Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park. Cotuit will
return to Lowell Park Friday to begin the final five
game stretch of the regular season, when they host
Wareham at 5 p.m.
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