Hyannis Mets Team Coverage 2009

HYANNIS - Before losing a heart-breaker in the nightcap, Hyannis ran into a dominant pitching performance on Monday afternoon. Wareham Gateman starter Jack Armstrong (Vanderbilt) threw a (shortened) complete game shutout. He allowed only two hits while striking out six in his seven innings of work. His fastball topped out at 96 MPH and was clocked in the low to mid 90s all afternoon. Add to that a devastating changeup and an effective curveball, and its no wonder why the Mets struggled.

The Mets only scoring opportunity came in the sixth inning when Armstrong walked two batters, putting men on first and second base. However, the tall right-hander would get out of it with a fly out and a line drive by Dustin Harrington (East Carolina) that went right to the third baseman. Hyannis went quietly in the seventh inning, with Armstrong striking out Kenny Swab (Young Harris) to end it.

Wareham got all the runs they would need in the top of the first inning on a two-run homerun from Zach Wilson (Arizona State), his second of the season. Mets starter Jay Brown (South Carolina) would settle down after the first inning until the top of the seventh when he allowed another homerun to Cole Leonida (Georgia Tech) who led off the inning. His pitching line would be closed, along with the Gatemen scoring later in the seventh on a Derek Dietrich (Georgia Tech) RBI single off of Jimmy Messer (UNC) who relieved Brown. Jay Brown takes the loss going six and 2/3 innings allowing four runs on six hits.