Hyannis Team Coverage 2008

The Hyannis Mets have played baseball everyday for 22 straight days now, but that does not seem to bother them as they looked great in front of a large crowd at McKeon Park tonight, picking up the 6-1 victory over the Cotuit Kettleers. Slugging third-baseman Chris Dominguez (Louisville) started the scoring in the first inning with a solo homerun. His league leading eighth homerun on the season. The Mets then got the bats rolling in the 3rd inning, scoring 3 runs. Each run was knocked in by a different hitter. Matt Nuzzo (Brown) walked to start the rally, and then advanced to third on Ryan Eden's (New Orleans) double to left-center field. Nuzzo then scored on a groundout by Trent Ashcraft (East Carolina). Eden moved up to third and then scored on a groundout by Marcus Jones (N.C. State). The last run of the inning was driven in by Ben Paulsen (Clemson) on a single. Paulsen added another RBI in the 8th with a double scoring Dominguez who had reached on a single. The Mets then capped off their scoring with a double by Casey Frawley (Stetson) that brought in Paulsen. The Kettleers were able to score a run in the 8th inning to avoid the shutout when Kevin Patterson (Auburn) knocked in Jeff Kobernus (Cal-Berkeley) who had doubled in the previous at-bat.

Austin Hudson (Central Florida) picked up the win for Hyannis going 4 1/3 innings without giving up a run. Hudson got into a bit of a jam in the fifth with runners on first and second with only one out. Wil Harvil (Georgia) was brought in and escaped the jam unscathed, by striking out both hitters that he faced. Ashur Tolliver (Arkansas) came in for the next three innings and was very effective. The game was closed out by Russell Brewer (Vanderbilt). Alex Sogard (N.C. State) took the loss for Cotuit.

All in all, the Mets continued to look good this season and picked up their 3rd straight win. In a postgame interview, Mets centerfielder Marcus Jones said "We keep playing well as a team because we just go out and have fun, and that's why we win." They must really be having fun because Hyannis is still sitting in first place.