Hyannis Team Coverage 2008

Commodores End Mets Season

2008-08-08T14:48:00.004-04:00

Hyannis- Joey Wong(Oregon State) worked a bases loaded walk with two outs in the top of the ninth to give the Falmouth Commodores a 2-1 lead, two batters later AJ Pollack(Notre Dame) hit a bases clearing double to put the game out of reach at 5-1. Winning pitcher Preston Claiborne(Tulane) pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth to earn his 2nd win of the year.

Falmouth started the scoring in the 5th, when Wong singled scoring David Gustafson(Northeastern) who was hit by a pitch to start the inning. Hyannis responded in the 7th, on a two out RBI double by Matt Nuzzo(Brown) which scroed Casey Frawley(Stetson), who was also hit by a pitch. Jason Franzblau(Arizona State) pitched 7 strong innings allowing just 1 run on 3 hits and striking out 6 for the Mets.

For the second straight year, the Mets(22-22) miss the playoffs by just a few points, while Falmouth will play in a one game playoff against Bourne at 7 pm in Falmouth on Friday, August 8th. The winner of that game will play Cotuit in a best of three playoff to determine the Western Division Champion.

Hyannis 1B Ben Paulsen(Clemson) set a Cape League record, converting every one of his 408 chances this season without an error.

Playoff Race Tightens

2008-08-05T22:57:00.002-04:00

The Mets fell to the Chatham A's 7-4 Tuesday night at McKeon Park and could drop as far third in the Western Division. Grant Green (USC) was the star for Chatham, going 2-4 with two RBI and 3 runs scored.

The A's got on the board after just 5 pitches from Mets' starter Matt Ridings (Western Kentucky), as Kyle Seager (UNC) drew a leadoff walk and Green homered on the first pitch he saw. The Mets answered with 3 of their own in the bottom of the first, as Chris Dominguez' (Louisville) 2 RBI single was the big hit.

Chatham continued to tack on a run here and a run there, scoring single runs in the third, sixth, and seventh innings, before adding two in the ninth. Gabe Cohen (UCLA) also had a two RBI night for the A's.

Adam Warren (UNC) picked up his third win of the season for Chatham and Ridings fell to 1-3 on the season. Brad Boxberger (USC) pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 9th save of the season.

Hyannis travels to Cotuit on Wednesday before finishing the regular season at home on Thursday against Falmouth.

Braves Stay Alive in West Playoff Race

2008-08-04T22:40:00.002-04:00

Hyannis, MA- The Bourne Braves (20-20-1) beat the Hyannis Mets (22-18) 3-2 on a cool night at McKeon Park in Hyannis before a crowd of 1,760 allowing the Braves to stay alive in the Western Division playoff race as the regular season comes to an end this Thursday. Bryce Stowell (UC Irvine) picked up the win for the Braves improving to three and one on the season and helping the Braves take their second win in as many nights. Stowell gave a solid performance, pitching seven innings allowing one run on four hits, striking out nine, and issuing no walks.

Though the Braves were able to score three runs on the night, all three runs were scored off of sacrifice flys. Colin Bates (UNC) got the start for the Mets, and was issued the lost going six innings and allowing two runs on five hits, striking out five and walking four. The combined seven walks issued by Bates and in later innings Ashur Tolliver (Arkansas Little-Rock) played a key role in the boosting the Braves offensive oppurtunities and allowed them to manufacture all three of their runs.

Bates ran into a jam in the second inning when the Braves loaded the bases on an infield hit by Kyle Roller (East Carolina) and back to back singles by Jame Johnson (Okalahoma) and Stephen Batts (East Carolina). The Braves then lit up the scoreboard when James Williamson (William and Mary) picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly that scored Kyle Roller. The Mets were able to close out the rest of the inning unscathed and answered back in the bottom of the fourth inning when Ben Paulson (Clemson) hit a leadoff solo homerun over the right field wall tieing the game at one a piece. The homerun, Paulson's eigth of the season was his third in as many games.

The Braves were able to tack on two more runs, scoring one in the top of the fifth, when two walks and bunt loaded the bases for Braves and Pierre LaPage (UConn) picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly that scored Stephen Batts. The Braves also added an insurance run in the top of the ninth when Brandon Bantz (Dallas Baptist) hit a sacrifice fly that scored Jordan Henry (Mississippi) who reached base on an infield hit, and was then moved along the basepaths on a LaPage sacrifice bunt, and a Marc Krauss single.

Hyannis would not go into the night without a fight though as Marcus Jones (NC State) lead off the home half of the ninth with a double, and single by Chris Dominguez (Louisville) put runners at the corners for Hyannis. Curt Casali (Vanderbilt) drove home Jones with a hard hit sacrifice fly, but Eric Pettis (UC Irvine) was able to preserve the win as he picked up his seventh save of the season fanning Ryan Eden to end the threat and the game.

Kyle Roller and Jordan Henry each went 2-for-4 with a run scored on the night for the Braves while Trent Ashcraft went 2-for-4 for the Mets.

With the loss, which snaps their two game winning streak the Mets are now tied with Cotuit for first, with Falmouth one point behind and Bourne sticking around only three points behind. With a loss Bourne would have been eliminated from playoff contention.

The Hyannis Mets look to take on the Chatam A's at home tommorow night under the bright lights of McKeon Park at 7p.m.

Mets Regain First Place

2008-08-03T23:29:00.003-04:00

Hyannis- After nearly three weeks, the Hyannis Mets are once again on top of the Western Division of the Cape Cod Baseball League with a 6-5 win over the Wareham Gatemen. Winning pitcher Will Harvil(Georgia) worked four scoreless innings of relief to raise his record to 3-0.

Wareham scored 2 runs in each of the first two innings, starting with the 2nd batter of the game, Ryan Pineda(Northridge) who tripled to right-center scoring Raynor Campbell(Baylor). Blake Dean(LSU) then singled in Pineda to end the Gatemen scoring in the first. Brett Eibner(Arkansas) laced a solo home run to lead off the 2nd, three batters later, Campbell's sacrifice fly to left scored the Gatemen's fourth run.

Hyannis' bats woke up in the 3rd after Trent Ashcraft(E. Carolina) lead off with a single, Ben Paulsen(Clemson) turned on a pitch and hit a line drive home run just inside the "Nick 'the Greek' Foul Pole" in right field to cut the Mets deficit in half 4-2. Vanderbilt's Curt Casali lead off the 4th with a triple to left and scored on Ryan Eden's(New Orleans) RBI ground out.

The Mets took control in the bottom of the 7th, after Ashcraft singled and Paulsen walked, the two pulled off a double steal putting runners on 2nd and 3rd with just one out. Chris Dominguez(Louisville) got an RBI on a ground out to short tying the game, one batter later Marcus Jones(NC State) doubled in the go ahead run and got to 3rd on a throwing error. Jones then scored on an error off the bat of Casali putting the Mets up 6-4. The Gatemen scored one in the 8th to make it 6-5, but Ryan Sharpley(Notre Dame) ended the threat and was able to notch his first save of the season.

With this win, the Mets(22-18) take over sole possession of first place with 44 points, followed by Falmouth(43 points) and Cotuit(42 points) making the final week of the regular season, one exciting week of baseball. The Mets return to action tomorrow in a make-up game against Bourne at 7 pm at McKeon.

Paulson Powers Mets Past Red Sox

2008-08-02T20:21:00.002-04:00

South Yarmouth- Ben Paulson (Clemson) blasted a solo home run, his sixth of the season to break a 1-1 tie with two outs in the top of the eigth inning as Hyannis beat the Y-D Red Sox 2-1 at Red Wilson field. The Mets who won their second straight in two nights improve to 21-18 in the Western Division and tighten the gap between themsleves and 1st place Falmouth (20-17-1).

Y-D threatened early in the game, putting runners into scoring position in the bottom of the second when a sacrifice bunt by Nick Liles (Western Carolina) moved DeAngelo Mack (South Carolina) to third and Josh Rutledge (Alabama) to second, both of whom reached base on singles to start the inning. Jason Franzblau (Arizona State) was able to dowse the offensive fire that Y-D had started though, getting Andy Wilkins ( Arkansas) out in a run-down and striking out Mike Belfiore (BC) to end the inning. Franzblau, who started had a solid outing but recieved a no-decision since the game was still tied when he was relieved. Franzblau (1-1) pitched 6 innings and allowed four hits, walked two and picked up 2 strikeouts.

After an hour rain delay in the top of the fitfh the Hyannis bats came alive in the top of the sixth when Chris Dominguez (Louisville) scored Joey Gonzales (UC Riverside) from third with an RBI single. Ryan Eden (New Orleans) would add another hit for Hyannis as he reached base before the inning was over.

The Red Sox answered in the home half of the inning though, as Ryan Ortiz (OSU) hit a double to lead off the inning, and then moved into scoring position, reaching third on a wild pitch by Franzblau. Andy Wilkins would take advantage of the oppurtunity driving in Ortiz with an RBI single.

Russell Brewer (Vanderbilt) proved to be lights out in relief for Hyannis, shutting down the Red Sox offense, and preserving the one run lead Ben Paulson gave to them in the eigth. Brewer would pick up the win, his first of the season with the loss being charged to Chris Masters (0-2,Western Carolina). The umpires would call the game with the home half still to play on account of darkness.

The Mets look to win their third straight tommorow night as they take on the Wareham Gatemen under the lights of McKeon Park at 7pm.

Mets Walk-Off against Bourne

2008-08-01T22:32:00.002-04:00

Dale Cornstubble (Central Michigan) delivered in the bottom of the ninth with a walk off infield single that plated Chris Dominguez (Louisville), as the Mets knocked off the Braves 3-2 at McKeon Park. The win helped Hyannis keep pace with the Cotuit Kettleers for second place in the oh so tight Western Division.

The Mets got on the board first in the very first inning. Trent Ashcraft of East Carolina doubled to lead off game and scored on a Dominguez single. Brown's Will Weidig made a stellar spot start to rest the Hyannis bullpen, going 6.1 innings giving 1 earned run on 5 hits and striking out 5.

The Mets took the 1-0 lead to the seventh, when Ross Wilson of Alabama led off with a triple and scored on Justin Bour's (George Mason) single. Ben Paulsen of Clemson answered with a solo home run in the bottom of the inning to put Hyannis back on top. It was Paulsen's 5th of the season.

A rough inning for Ashur Tolliver (Arkansas Little Rock) in the eighth tied it back at 2. Marc Krauss (Ohio) scoredon a hit by East Carolina's Kyle Roller.

Then in the bottom of the ninth, Dominguez singled with one out, stole second and third, and scored on the Cornstubble single to give the Mets the crucial victory.

The winning pitcher was Tolliver (3-0), while David Erickson (2-2) took the loss for Bourne. The Mets travel tomorrow to Y-D on Saturday to take on the Red Sox for the final time this season.

Kettleers Route Mets

2008-07-31T22:47:00.004-04:00

Hyannis, MA- The Cotuit Kettleers brought an offense storm with them tonight on their visit to McKeon Park as they routed the Hyannis Mets 12-2. With the win Cotuit, who have won 3 0f their last 4 move into a tie for second place in the Western Division with the Mets. Micheal Gilmartin (Wofford), Evan Crawford (Indiana), and Kevin Patterson lead the way for the Cotuit offense with 2 RBI's a piece, and Seth Blair (Arizona State) pitched a complete game and picked up the win, his third of the season. Blair (3-1) scattered ten hits over nine innings and picked up five strikeouts on his way to the win. The Kettleers scored five runs in the fifth and three runs in the eigth to put the game out of reach for the Mets who left twelve men on base over the course of the night.

Matt Ridings (1-2,WKU) started the game for the Mets, but got beat on early surrending four runs, on four hits in four innings and picking up the loss. Ryan Sharpley (Notre Dame) came in for relief in the fifth, but needed to be relieved himself giving up five runs (three earned) on four hits in the fifth inning. Will Harvil came in to close out the last two innings but ran into trouble himself in the eigth giving up three runs on three hits.

The Mets fell behind early and had trouble finding any offense, trailing 9-0 before they lit up the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh. Marcus Jones (NC State) picked up a two-out, two RBI single that scored Matt Nuzzo (Brown) and PJ Jimenez (Liberty), capping a 3-for-5 night for Jones who proved to be the only offensive force on the Mets tonight.

Rounding out the scoring for the Kettleers were Joey Lewis (Georgia) who hit a solo home run in the fourth his second of the season, and Jeff Kobernus (Cal Berkeley) and Dallas Poulk (NC State) who each picked up and RBI on the night.

Overall the Kettleers scored twelve runs on thirteen hits and commited two errors. The Hyannis Mets scored two runs on ten hits, committing three errors while leaving twelve men on base.

The Hyannis Mets look to take on the fourth place Bourne Braves tommorow night in a Western Division showdown under the lights of McKeon Park at 7pm.

Carraway and Dominguez Shine for Mets

2008-07-28T22:33:00.006-04:00

Wareham- Andrew Carraway(Virginia) went 8 strong innings, striking out seven and allowing just one run, while Chris Dominguez(Louisville) provided the offense by launching two home runs, as the Mets beat the Gatemen 5-1.

Carraway controlled the game from the very beginning, after allowing a single to Raynor Campbell to lead off the game, Carraway proceeded to pick him off and then retire the next 12 Gatemen to come to the plate. The Mets took an early lead in the top of the 2nd, when Ryan Eden(New Orleans,3 hits, RBI) singled, then stole second on a botched pick-off move and was singled in by Curt Casali(Vanderbilt). Dominguez stepped to the plate in the top of the 6th, and laced a line drive home run, his 9th of the year, over the right field fence to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.

Wareham cut the lead in half on a triple off the bat of Ryan Pineda(Cal St. Northridge), knocking in Shea Vucinich(Washington State) who had singled. The Mets put an end to the thought of a comeback in the 7th, when Dominguez dug in, and shot a 2-run home run into the Mets bullpen. Hyannis scored again in the top of the 8th as Eden singled in Casey Frawley(Stetson), who had doubled down the left field line to start the inning. Russell Brewer(Vanderbilt) came in for a 1-2-3 9th, which was capped off by Trent Ashcraft's(East Carolina) terrific sliding catch in foul territory to end the game.

Chris Dominguez's 2 home runs tonight now gives him 10 on the year, 1 round tripper away from tying the Mets wooden bat record of 11 by Mike Glavine(1994). Dominguez also pulls within one multi-home run game of tying another Mets record, of 3 multi-home run games, set by Chris Morgan in 1985. The Mets(19-16) will get back to action Tuesday, July 29th in Falmouth at 7 pm

Mets at the All-Star Game

2008-07-27T12:09:00.003-04:00

It was good night for the Hyannis Mets All-Stars on Saturday in Chatham. OF Trent Ashcraft, 1B Ben Paulsen, and 3B Chris Dominguez were all in the starting line-up and RHPs Russell Brewer and Andrew Carraway pitched out of the bullpen.

Ashcraft went 1-4 with a single, Dominguez hit four balls out the ballpark in the home run derby, both pitchers pitch 1-2-3 innings, and Paulsen won the West squad's MVP award after his double and 2 RBI.

Heard after the game:

Dominguez, who hit just one home run in last year's home run hitting contest, put four out this year, despite saying that "Chatham is harder to home runs than Wareham because the wind blows in from left field."

When asked about the number of Mets on the All-Star team he said, "you can tell what a good team we have in Hyannis."

Ben Paulsen downplayed his MVP award and said the real fun was just getting to play with so many different guys.

"I was just trying to their fastballs and trying to get the barrell on the ball," the MVP said of his two hits.

Andrew Carraway described it as an "awesome experience and one of the best (he's) ever had."

The Hyannis ace also broke down his one inning of work: "I started with (Tony Sanchez of Y-D) and went 2-2 to him. He flied out on a slider. I buckled down after that wakeup call with the ball being hit to the warning track. I got the next guy to pop-up and struck out the third hitter looking."

The festivities of the All-Star Game are over now and the stretch is upon the Cape. The Mets look to make a final playoff push starting Sunday night at &7 P.M. at McKeon Park.

Cornstubble Powers Mets Past Whitecaps

2008-07-21T22:38:00.002-04:00

Hyannis, MA- Graham Stoneburner (Clemson) picked up the win and improved to 2-2 on the season and Dale Cornstubble (CMU) hit a two-run shot to cap a three-run fourth inning as the Hyannis Mets (17-16) snapped their seven game losing streak, beating the Brewster Whitecaps (13-17-3) at home 5-2.

Stoneburner pitched six innings allowing two runs on four hits with only one of the runs earned, and fanning seven on the way to the win. Matt Ridings (WKU) was steller in relief, pitching three innings of shut-out baseball, giving up only two hits, striking out five, and picking up his first save of the season.

Dale Cornstubble set the tone for the Mets early in the night when he picked off Jason Nappi (Miss. State), who had walked to lead off the game at first base to record the first out of the game. Cornstubble then capped the Mets three run fourth inning, hammering a two-run shot over the left-field fence to score himself, and Joey Gonzales (UC-Riverside). Gonzales picked up an RBI single on the previous at-bat, bringing home Ryan Eden who had reached base on a hard hit single to the short-stop and then stole second to move into scoring position. Hyannis would pick up one more run in the fifth when Chris Dominguez (Louisville) hit a double to score Trent Ashcraft (Eastern Carolina) who walked to get on base.

The Whitecaps picked up their only two runs in the fifth inning when Derek Poppert (San Francisco) scored on a Jason Nappi single, and Jason Nappi scored on a throwing error by Chris Dominguez.

Evan Bronson (Trinity) was charged with the loss, and drops to 1-1 on the season. Bronson pitched five innings allowing five runs on seven hits.

Overall the Hyannis Mets scored five runs on eight hits and commited one error. The Brewster Whitecaps scored two runs on six hits and commited one error.

The Hyannis Mets look to take on the Harwich Mariners tommorow night at 7pm at Whitehouse Field in Harwich.

Braves Take 1st Place

2008-07-20T23:24:00.007-04:00

Bourne- For the first time since the end of June, the Hyannis Mets are not in first place in the Western Division of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Mets (16-16) dropped their 7th straight game and 2nd game in four days to the Bourne Braves by the score of 9-2.

Bourne(17-15) got the scoring started in the 2nd with a fielder's choice off the bat of Tyler Cannon(Virginia) that scored Brad Stephenson(Norfolk St.), who walked to lead off the inning. The next batter, Jordan Henry(Mississippi) singled to right field scoring a 2nd run and giving the Braves a 2-0 advantage. The very next inning, Bourne scored 2 more run off a Ground Rule Double to left-center field by Stephenson(2 hits, 2 RBI).

Hyannis got 2 runs back in the top of the fifth, when Brown's Matt Nuzzo hit a 2-run homer to left. That was Nuzzo's first home run of the year and gave the Mets some life closing the gap to 5-2. Bourne ended the Mets threat in the 6th with a home run off the bat of Marc Krauss(Ohio) and an RBI single from Stephenson. The Braves added two more runs in the 8th, on Jamie Johnson's(Oklahoma) Ground Rule Double down the left field line, that plated Pierre Lepage(UConn) and Krauss. The Mets defense did not help any of the pitchers, Drew Muren(Cal State Northridge), Will Harvil(Georgia), Ashur Tolliver(Arkansas-Little Rock) or Russell Brewer(Vanderbilt), by committing 6 errors, which led to 5 unearned runs.

Hyannis will play again on Monday, July 21, against Brewster at 7pm in Hyannis. They will then travel to Harwich on Tuesday, July 22, to play the Mariners at 7pm before having two well-deserved days off on Wednesday and Thurday, July 23 and 24. Those off days will end the consecutive games in as many days at 22.

Wareham Opens the Flood Gates on Hyannis

2008-07-19T23:18:00.003-04:00

Hyannis,MA- The Hyannis Mets (16-15) lost their sixth straight tonight, and third in six games to the Wareham Gatemen (11-19) in a 13-2 blowout on a sticky night at McKeon Park before a crowd of 1,950.

The Mets dug themselves a deep hole in the first inning and could not find a way to crawl back out in later innings. Pitcher Alex McRee (Georgia) faced eight batters in the first inning and allowed 4 runs (only two of them earned) on 3 hits. Errors by Chris Dominguez (Louisville) and Matt Nuzzo allowed the other two runs to score.

After the first inning McRee was able to settle down and and cruise through the third and fourth innings before running into a jam in the fourth when singles by Tom Stack-Babich (Harvard) and Shea Vucinich (Washington State), and a walk to Raynor Campbell (Baylor) loaded the bases for the Gatemen. McRee was able to pitch out of the jam though and end the frame, getting Ryan Pineda to fly-out, and striking out Dean Blake (LSU) to close out the inning. McRee struggled in the fifth as well, hitting Jake Lemmerman (Duke) with a pitch, and giving up a two-run shot to to Connor Rowe (Texas). Overall McRee who was charged with the loss, and drops to 1-1 pitched five innings, giving up six runs on six hits, with two walks and ten strike outs.

In the 4th inning Hyannis was able to manufacture two runs, when Marcus Jones (NC State) and Casey Frawley (Stetson) scored on wild pitches. Hyannis threatened again in the bottom of the seventh when Matt Nuzzo (Brown) reached third on a Trent Ashcraft (Eastern Carolina) double, but Hyannis was unable to make anything of the oppurtunity and ended up leaving six men on base through the game.

Matt Bashere (Indiana) picked up the win for the Gatemen, improving to 1-2 on the season. Bashere pitched six innings giving up two runs on four hits, walking two and striking out ten.

Leading the Gatemen in offense included Ryan Pineda, who went 2-for-6 with a double and three run home-run that bounced off the top of the outfield fence, hit the scoreboard and then landed on the grass below. Connor Rowe (Texas) who had a 3 RBI night, including a 2 run shot, and Shea Vucinich who went 3-for-5 with two singles and an RBI double.

Matt Nuzzo, Ryan Eden (New Orleans), and Trent Ashcraft each had doubles for the Mets.

Austin Graham (Alabama) picked up his first save on the season for the Gatemen retiring the Mets in a 1-2-3 ninth inning that saw pitchers Drew Muren and Russell Brewer pinch hitting.

Overall the Wareham Gatemen scored 13 runs on 15 hits, commiting 2 errors and leaving 11 men on base. The Hyannis Mets scored 2 runs on 6 hits, commiting 3 errors and leaving 6 on base.

The Mets, who are tied for 1st place in the Western Division with Bourne look to take on the Braves tommorow in a battle for divisional supremacy at Doran Park in Bourne at 2pm.

Braves Walk Off with Win in 10

2008-07-17T23:00:00.004-04:00

Bourne- For the second night in a row, the Mets decided to give their faithful fans some free baseball, and for the second night in a row they turn out to be the tough-luck losers. Bourne's Ross Wilson(Alabama) earned a bases loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the tenth to give the Braves (16-13) a 4-3 win.

The Braves took an early lead with 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st. Jordan Henry(Mississppi) lead off with an infield single, followed by a double down the left field line by second baseman Tyler Cannon(Virginia). Two Batters later, Kyle Roller(E. Carolina) hit into a fielder's choice which scored Henry, Wichita State's Dusty Coleman knocked in Cannon on an infield single off the glove of Mets starter Colin Bates(North Carolina).

The Mets got on the board with 2 of their own in the 3rd when Marcus Jones(NC State) and Ben Paulsen(Clemson) singled and both came around on Chris Dominguez's(Louisville) double. The Mets took the lead in the 5th after a Jones single and a wild pitch, Paulsen singled home Jones to make it 3-2. Bourne tied the game in the 7th with an RBI single off the bat of Henry. The game would stay at 3 a piece until Wilson's walk in the 10th.

Paulsen and Dominguez each had a pair of hits for the Mets(16-13), while Jones added three of his own in the loss. This long stretch of almost 30 consecutive games in as many days continues Friday, July 18th, at 7pm with a home and home against Wareham. Both teams will travel back to Hyannis for a 7pm start on Saturday, July 19th.

Mets Drop Marathon

2008-07-17T13:27:00.004-04:00

Hyannis- Hampton Tignor(Florida) laced a two-out RBI single to center in the top of the 12th to give Orleans a 9-8 win over Hyannis. Winning pitcher Adam Wilk(Long Beach State,2-1) went 2 innings allowing just one hit for the Cardinals(18-9).

Orleans got the scoring started early, scoring a run in the top of the 1st on a double by Angleo Songco(Loyola Marymount). The Mets responded with 2 runs of their own in the bottom of the 1st when Ben Paulsen(Clemson) singled to right, by an error allowed Marcus Jones(NC State) to score from first. After an intentional walk, Paulsen scored on an error off the bat of Casey Frawley(Stetson). The Mets scored 2 again in the 2nd when Paulsen tripled to right knocking in Curt Casali(Vanderbilt) and Trent Ashcraft(E. Carolina), who both singled earlier in the inning.

After a fielder's choice allowed Ashcraft to reach base, Paulsen's RBI single allowed Ashcraft, who had stole 2nd, to cross home plate. The very next batter, Chris Dominguez(Louisville) tripled home Paulsen and the Mets went up by the score of 6-2. In the top of the 6th, Orleans took advantage of two Mets errors and had two huge back-to-back extra base hits off the bats of Mike Murphy(Maryland) who tripled, then Alex Hassan(Duke) who doubled. The Cardinals scored 5 in the 6th and took a 7-6 lead.

The Mets did not wait long to answer, Jones led off the bottom of the 6th with a single, then Paulsen, who was a double away from the cycle, homered to right to give the Mets an 8-7 lead. The Mets took that lead into the 8th until the Cardinals tied the game without the benefit of a hit. Pinch-hitter Rich Poythress(Georgia) earned a bases loaded walk and an unearned run came into score. Orleans got back-to-back singles from Songco and Cole Figueroa(Florida) in the 12th, then Tignor's single put the Cardinals up 9-8. Hassan came in for a 1-2-3 bottom of the 12th to earn his 3rd save of the season.

The Mets(16-11) will play at Bourne, Thursday, July 17th at 7pm. They will return home on Saturday, July 19th against Wareham also a 7pm starting time.

Rain On The Met's Parade

2008-07-15T10:56:00.002-04:00

The Hyannis Mets and the Harwich Mariners have already had trouble trying to play this baseball game. The first attempt earlier in the season was rained out, and it appeared that this one was headed that way as well. However after about an hour rain delay, baseball was played at McKeon Park in Hyannis.

The Mariners struck first in the second inning as they were able to get two across the plate on three hits. Brandon Belt (Texas) led off the inning with a single and then advanced to third on a double down the right field line by DJ LeMahieu (LSU). In the next at-bat Mark Fleury (UNC) singled up the middle to score Belt. LeMahieu then scored on a sacrifice fly by Chase Leavitt (Arkansas). The Mets got two runs back between the third and fourth innings. Curt Casali (Vanderbilt) walked to get on in the third and was pushed to third base on a double by Trent Ashcraft (East Carolina). Casali scored on a wild pitch. In the fourth inning Ben Paulsen (Clemson) had a solo-homerun to right center. The Mariners scored again in the fifth when Shaver Hansen (Baylor) scored on a double by Belt. The Mets were able to bring the game to a tie in the seventh on a Casey Frawley (Stetson) RBI. That was as much as Hyannis could muster on this night as they had a rough eigth inning giving up four runs on four hits and not being able to come back.

Brian Dupra (Notre Dame) picked up the win for Harwich and Will Weidig (Brown) took the loss for the Mets.

Hyannis will be in action tonight in Wareham at 7:00 and will be back at McKeon on Wednesday night with a 7:00 game against Cotuit.

Who Needs Off-Days?

2008-07-14T01:31:00.005-04:00

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.

Stoneburner and Ridings keep Cardinals Caged

2008-07-10T21:48:00.004-04:00

Orleans- East met West tonight as a division leading clash turned into a defensive battle for the West Division leading Hyannis Mets and East leading Orleans Cardinals. The Mets (13-9) proved to much for the Cardinals though, winning their second straight game as Graham Stoneburner (Clemson) and Matt Ridings (WKU) combined for a two-hit shutout to blank the Cardinals
(13-9) 1-0.

Stoneburner started the game and pitched five solid innings, giving up only two hits, walking three, and fanning three. Stoneburner ran into a little trouble in the third inning when he issued a walk to Tim Wheeler (Sacremento State), Matt Bowman (Nevada-Reno) singled, and Rich Poythress hit a sacrifice fly to move runners into scoring position. Stoneburner was able to keep the Cardinals caged though, as he recored the final out of the frame by striking out Angelo Songco (Loyola Marymount).

Matt Ridings took over the mound to start the sixth inning and picked up his first win after pitching four innings of shut-out baseball. Ridings improved to 1-1 and picked up two strikeouts on his way to the win.

The Mets bats which had been silent most of the night came alive in the top of the eigth, when Trent Ashcraft (Eastern Carolina) hit a double, and then stole third to move into scoring position. Marcus Jones (NC State) picked up his second RBI of the season when he hit a single that dropped in front of Orleans centerfielder Alex Hassan (Duke) and scored Ashcraft.

Overall the Mets scored one run on six hits with no errors, while the Orleans Cardinals mustered only two hits and commited one error.

The Hyannis Mets look to take on the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox tommorow night at 7pm under the bright lights of McKeon Park.

Louisville slugger makes history in Mets win

2008-07-10T00:33:00.000-04:00

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.

Longballs Lift Commodores

2008-07-07T22:34:00.002-04:00

Falmouth- Ryan Jones(Whichita State) and AJ Pollack(Notre Dame) each hit a home run for Falmouth as the Commodores defeated the Mets 6-2. Jacksonville State's Ben Tootle pitched 2 innings of relief to earn his 2nd win of the year for the Commodores.

Falmouth starter Chris Gloor(Quinnipiac) retired the first 10 Mets he faced before Dale Cornstubble(Central Michigan) hit an infield single in the top of the fourth. In the bottom of the 5th, Jones stepped up and laced a 2-run home run to right center to put the Commodores ahead 2-0. The Mets did not wait long to answer when Chris Dominguez(Louisville) shot an RBI double off the right field fence scoring Casey Frawley(Stetson), who had singled earlier in the inning.

The very next inning, the Mets tied the game after Ben Paulsen(Clemson) singled to lead off the inning, then was knocked in on Joey Gonzales'(UC-Riverside) line drive double over the center fielder's head. The Commodores answered back in the bottom of the 8th when Pollack turned on a pitch and sent a 3-run home run to left. The Commodores added one more insurance run in the 8th to put themselves up 6-2.

The Mets(11-8) will head to Cotuit Tuesday, July 8th at 5 pm for game 3 of the Patriot Cup, which the Mets lead 2-0. They will return to Hyannis on Wednesday, July 9th at 7 pm against Falmouth.

First Place Mets!

2008-07-06T21:53:00.002-04:00

Hyannis 2, Cotuit 0. That's way it looks in the chase for the Barnstable Patriot Cup right now, after the Mets played a solid all around game on Sunday, beating the Kettleers 5-2 in Cotuit.

Chris Dominguez (Louisville) provided the first blow of the game, hitting a no doubt home run to left field in the very first inning with Marcus Jones (NC State) on base to make it 2-0 Mets.

The Mets added one in the third on a Ryan Eden (New Orleans) base hit and two more in the fifth on a single by Clemson's Ben Paulson to make it 5-0.

Russell Brewer of Vanderbilt came on to get his 9th save as Hyannis moved into sole possession of first place in the Western Division at 11-7.

Hyannis plays two straight divisional games this week, first on Monday night in Falmouth and then a makeup game back in Cotuit on Tuesday.

Braves 3rd is too much for Mets

2008-07-06T08:30:00.000-04:00

Hyannis- Bryce Stowell(UC-Irvine) went 8 shut-out innings allowing just 3 hits, along with a 5 run top of the 3rd helped the Braves defeat the Mets 6-1. Dusty Coleman(Whichita State) and Stephen Batts(East Carolina) added two RBIs each for the Braves(9-9).

The Braves got the scoring started in the top of the 3rd by getting back-to-back-to-back singles with one out. After a sacrifice fly by Jamie Johnson(Oaklahoma), Coleman came up and laced a bases clearing triple to center. Two batters later, Batts stepped in a double to left-center scoring two more to cap off the 5 run 3rd.

Despite leaving 5 men on base, the Mets(10-7) did not score until the bottom of the 9th when Ben Paulsen(Clemson) doubled to start the inning, two batters later, Marcus Jones(NC State) drove Paulsen in with a sacrifice fly to center.

The Mets will get back on the diamond Sunday July 6 in Cotuit at 5pm, this will be the 2nd game in the Patriot Cup which the Mets have a 1-0 lead over their cross-town rivals.

Mets Win Third Straight

2008-07-04T22:30:00.002-04:00

Hyannis knocked off two-time defending champion Yarmouth-Dennis 5-2 on Friday night on their way to their third straight win.

The Mets scored first and never looked back. Trent Ashcraft (East Carolina) started the game with a double, his first extra base hit of the season, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Clemson's Ben Paulsen.

Hyannis scored two runs in both the third and fourth innings. In the third Casey Frawley of Stetson and Dale Cornstubble (Michigan) each had RBI singles. The fourth inning featured RBI hits by Frawley and Ashcraft.

Those runs would be all the Mets needed as Graham Stoneburner (Clemson) had his best start of year, going 6 innings and allowing just 1 run on 7 hits while striking out 5 to pick up the win.

LSU's Sean Ochinko scored on a Tyler Marmion (San Diego State) hit in third for Y-D and Keenan Wiley of Kentucky came home on Andy Wilkins' (Arkansas) hit in the eighth for the only Red Sox runs.

Jerry Sullivan of Oral Roberts took the loss for Yarmouth-Dennis and Russell Brewer saved his league leading 8th game of the season.

The Mets have to divisional matchups coming up, first at home on Saturday against Bourne and then on Sunday in Cotuit.

Lucky Number 13

2008-07-03T23:56:00.002-04:00

It took 13 innings and about 3 hours and 40 minutes, but the Hyannis Mets finally topped the Harwich Mariners 5-4 at McKeon Park on Thursday. They Mets did so on the strength of a Chris Dominguez (Louisville) RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 13th.

The Mets scored one in the 2nd on a Joey Gonzales (UC Riverside) single that plated Ryan Eden of New Orelans and one in the 5th when Stetson's Casey Frawley scored on a fielder's choice.

Hyannis took that 2-0 lead to the 7th, but Ashur Tolliver (Arkansas-Little Rock) allowed 2 runs, as he walked the first two hitters of the inning who would both come around to score on a DJ Belfonte (Nebraska) single.

Both teams scored runs in the 10th inning. Dustin Ackley of North Carolina scored on an error to put Harwich on top, but Hyannis answered, scoring on a clutch, two out single by Gonzales to tie it at 3.

Texas' Brandon Belt homered in the 13th to put Harwich up yet again, but the Mets battled back to score two runs, on singles by Ben Paulsen (Clemson) and Dominguez to earn the win.

The win went to to Will Weidig (Brown) who threw 4 innings of relief, while Michael Morrison of Cal State Fullerton took the loss.

Virginia's Andrew Carraway started the game for the Mets and went 6 innings shutout innings, striking out 8, to continue his impressive start.

The Mets travel to Yarmouth-Dennis on Friday before playing at home again on Saturday against the Bourne Braves.

Longballs Lift Mets

2008-07-02T21:43:00.002-04:00

The Hyannis bats had their biggest power surge of the season in Brewster on Wednesday night as the Mets topped the Whitecaps 7-4. It was a sloppy game throughout, with the teams combining to commit 7 errors, 5 of them by the Mets.

Brewster took an early lead with three runs in the third inning when Mississippi State's Jason Nappi singled to lead off. He was sacrificed over and came in to score on a Ty Kelly (UC Davis) single. Derek Poppert of San Francisco reached on an error to follow Kelly, and they both scored when Connor Powers (Mississippi State) doubled.

Ben Paulsen (Clemson) homered in the fourth for Hyannis, but the Mets really poured it on in the fifth frame.

Ryan Eden of New Orleans got things started when he was plunked and Curt Casali (Vanderbilt) followed Eden with his first home run of the season to tie it at 3. UC Riverside's Joey Gonzales reached on an error, stole second and scored on a single by Trent Ashcraft of East Carolina, the team's leading hitter. Ashcraft stole second and third base before scoring on a Paulsen double to make it 6-3 Hyannis.

The Mets and Whitecaps each would add a run each on solo home runs. Hyannis would get one from Georgia Tech's Luke Murton in the sixth and Brewster from Mike Freeman of Clemson in the seventh.

Ryan Sharpley (Notre Dame) picked up the win for Mets, moving to 1-0, as he struck out 8 in 4 innings of 1 run baseball. Robert Gilliam of UNC Greensboro took the loss and fell to 1-2, allowing the first six Hyannis runs. Vanderbilt's Russell Brewer pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 7th save.

Hyannis returns home on Thursday to host Harwich, before traveling to Yarmouth-Dennis on Friday for a Fourth of July matchup with the two time defending CCBL champion, Red Sox.

Mets bats continue to struggle

2008-07-01T22:33:00.002-04:00

Five Falmouth pitchers combined to shut down the Hyannis bats, as the Commodores posted a 4-0 win over the Mets at Guv Fuller Field on Tuesday night. Jonathan Kountis of Ohio Dominican went 5 innings of 2 hit ball for the win and Tulane's Preston Claiborne wrapped it up for his first save of the summer.
Falmouth opened the scoring in the second inning as Jimmy Cesario of Houston led off with a single, stole second, and came around to score on Diego Seastrunk's (Rice) double to put the Commodores on top 1-0.
The home team scored their other three runs in the eighth inning. Cesario and Creighton's Darin Ruf each had RBI hits and Trevor Coleman (Missouri) scored on a wild pitch to provide the final margin.
Hyannis starter Central Florida's Austin Hudson went 4 2/3 innings, allowing just 1 run and striking out 2. Chris Dominguez of Louisville delivered the lone extra base hit for the Mets in the form of a fourth inning double.
Hyannis travels to Brewster to take on the Whitecaps on Wednesday, before returning home to host the Harwich Mariners on Thursday.