FALMOUTH – Even some of college baseball’s most prominent hitters can be humbled in the Cape Cod Baseball League. While the nation’s premier collegiate summer league boasts plenty of talented pitchers, the switch from aluminum to wooden bats can also lead to headaches for Cape League hitters. Despite not having much experience using a wood bat, Chatham outfielder Carson Benge proved to be a natural in the batt...

ORLEANS – Andy Blake is picking up right where he left off in the spring. After a dominant senior season at Columbia in which he was named the Ivy League Player of the Year and was named a First Team All-Ivy selection after leading the league in batting average (.366), hits (75), and runs (53), Blake has continued to experience success in the Cape Cod Baseball League while playing for the Orleans Firebirds. ...

HARWICH – Tom Chmielewski has been one of Harwich’s best pitchers so far this summer, and he has had one of the best attitudes on the team while doing it. The Princeton senior left-handed pitcher and Needham native has a 1-1 record and a 1.58 earned runs average through three starts for the Mariners. His most recent start came in the team’s 10-3 loss to Hyannis on June 28, when he spun five innings of one-run ...

ORLEANS – Orleans infielder Johnny Olmstead proved Sunday night that no moment is too big for him. With the bases loaded and the game tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, Olmstead provided Orleans with its first walk-off win of the summer when he roped an RBI single into center field that scored Eddie King Jr. and lifted the Firebirds to a 7-6 victory over Wareham. “Coming up in a big situation, I was tr...

HARWICH – Calling pitches has never been easier for the Harwich Mariners. For decades, baseball pitching signals were relayed from catchers to pitchers through the familiar sight of a catcher using his fingers to signal a certain pitch. Traditionally, pointing one finger meant fastball, while two meant curveball and three may have meant slider or perhaps a change-up depending on a pitcher’s arsenal. For the...

CHATHAM – Baseball is a mental game just as much, if not more, than it is a physical one. And no player epitomizes that more than Matthew Wilkinson. At 6-foot-1, 275 pounds, the Central Arizona College southpaw is not your prototypical pitcher, yet he has dominated through two outings for the Chatham Anglers. Wilkinson touts a flawless 0.00 ERA with 10 strikeouts and just one hit allowed in nine innings of ...

CHATHAM – Alexander Simpson had quite the birthday bash. Along with the milestone of turning 21, he was surrounded by 171 people and a trophy to commemorate the big day. It may not have been exclusively his party, but on Sunday the Cape Cod Athletic Club held the 42 nd  annual Chatham Harbor Run 10k, and Simpson finished with the fastest time. He completed the course in 37 minutes and 4 seconds, a full 4...

HARWICH PORT – Not even humid, rainy conditions were going to get in the way of the Harwich 5K Road Race on Saturday morning. More than 350 people took part in the 5-kilometer fun and family friendly road race hosted by the Harwich Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation to benefit youth fitness related programs in Harwich. Griffin Adams, a 20-year-old from Beverly who runs cross-country at Endicott Colle...

HARWICH – The moment wasn’t too big for Aidan Moza. Making his Cape Cod Baseball League debut for the Harwich Mariners last Friday, the right-handed pitcher from the University of Alabama put on a show, tossing five scoreless innings in which he struck out six and didn’t allow a walk, earning the win in a 2-1 victory over Orleans at Whitehouse Field. ‘It’s just awesome to play with a bunch of really talente...

HARWICH – Boys and girls ages 7 through 15 took part in the Drive, Chip and Putt local qualifier Saturday morning at Cranberry Valley Golf Course, marking the first stop on the journey to the National Finals. Each participant competed in each skill, attempting three chips, three putts and three drives apiece for a total of nine shots. The qualifiers advance to a sub-regional qualifier at Lebaron Hills Country ...

CHATHAM – Only some college baseball players return to the Cape League for a second summer. It’s rare for a player to make it back for a third, and even less common for a player to have logged more games with a single Cape League team than with their college squad. Playing for the Chatham Anglers the past few years has been the most consistent aspect of Lyle Miller-Green’s collegiate baseball career. The outfi...

HARWICH – Harwich manager Steve Englert tallied his 400 th  Cape League win this past week, and it was certainly not what he expected. When the Mariners hosted the Bourne Braves on June 14, they spent more time on the field throwing a pigskin than flashing their leather, as they navigated the thunder, lightning and impending rain with a friendly game of football. The baseball game was cut short in the fifth...