Hyannis Team Coverage 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Louisville slugger makes history in Mets win
Third baseman Chris Dominguez (Louisville) joined elite company Wednesday night when he hit three homers to carry Hyannis to a 6-4 victory over Falmouth at McKeon Park.
Dominguez became just the second player in Cape Cod Baseball League history to go deep three times in a game with a wood bat. MLB great Frank Thomas was the first, doing so in 1988.
The fifth-round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies staked the Mets to a 2-0 lead in the first, sending Alex Wilson's offering well over the fence in straightaway center field. Dominguez hit his second homer in the sixth, a line drive to left-centerfield that left the park in a hurry. His third round-tripper came with one on in the eighth, giving Hyannis some much-needed breathing room heading into the ninth and bringing the packed crowd to its feet.
Dominguez also had a terrific day in the field. In the seventh, he caught a line drive off the bat of Joey Wong (Falmouth) and fired across to first for an inning-ending double-play. In the eighth, he grabbed another liner off the bat of Darin Ruf (Creighton) and touched the bag to help the Mets get out of a bases-loaded jam unscathed. Then, with Falmouth rallying in the ninth, Dominguez made a nice catch against the dugout railing.
Andrew Carraway (Virginia) improved to 3-1 on the season after pitching six strong innings. He gave up two runs, one earned, on six hits, while walking two and fanning seven.
Will Weidig (Brown) pitched a scoreless seventh, but ran into trouble in the eighth, loading the bases with nobody out. However, Russell Brewer (Vanderbilt) came on and got Ruf to line into a double-play and then got Ryan Jones (Wichita State) to ground out to end the inning.
After 11 scoreless innings, Brewer gave up his first two runs of the season in the ninth, but thanks to Dominguez's third homer in the bottom of the eighth, he was able to record his league-leading 10th save.
With the victory, the Mets (12-9) snapped a two-game losing streak and moved back into first place in the Western Division, ahead of Cotuit and Bourne, which are both 12-10. Falmoulth, meanwhile, dropped to 9-11-1 with the loss.
Hyannis plays at Orleans Thursday night before returning home to host Y-D Friday night at 7 p.m.
Dominguez became just the second player in Cape Cod Baseball League history to go deep three times in a game with a wood bat. MLB great Frank Thomas was the first, doing so in 1988.
The fifth-round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies staked the Mets to a 2-0 lead in the first, sending Alex Wilson's offering well over the fence in straightaway center field. Dominguez hit his second homer in the sixth, a line drive to left-centerfield that left the park in a hurry. His third round-tripper came with one on in the eighth, giving Hyannis some much-needed breathing room heading into the ninth and bringing the packed crowd to its feet.
Dominguez also had a terrific day in the field. In the seventh, he caught a line drive off the bat of Joey Wong (Falmouth) and fired across to first for an inning-ending double-play. In the eighth, he grabbed another liner off the bat of Darin Ruf (Creighton) and touched the bag to help the Mets get out of a bases-loaded jam unscathed. Then, with Falmouth rallying in the ninth, Dominguez made a nice catch against the dugout railing.
Andrew Carraway (Virginia) improved to 3-1 on the season after pitching six strong innings. He gave up two runs, one earned, on six hits, while walking two and fanning seven.
Will Weidig (Brown) pitched a scoreless seventh, but ran into trouble in the eighth, loading the bases with nobody out. However, Russell Brewer (Vanderbilt) came on and got Ruf to line into a double-play and then got Ryan Jones (Wichita State) to ground out to end the inning.
After 11 scoreless innings, Brewer gave up his first two runs of the season in the ninth, but thanks to Dominguez's third homer in the bottom of the eighth, he was able to record his league-leading 10th save.
With the victory, the Mets (12-9) snapped a two-game losing streak and moved back into first place in the Western Division, ahead of Cotuit and Bourne, which are both 12-10. Falmoulth, meanwhile, dropped to 9-11-1 with the loss.
Hyannis plays at Orleans Thursday night before returning home to host Y-D Friday night at 7 p.m.
posted by Jarred Amato # 12:33 AM 
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