Orleans Gives Up 2 In The 9th And Falls To The Gatemen 2-1

This game seemed to be a pitchers deul between Matt Packer and Bruce Kern. Packer pitched 5 innings allowing 3 hits and 0 runs. Kern threw 4 innings of relief for Wareham and gave up 0 runs on 1 hit. Cole Cook then came in and allowed just 4 hits in 3 innings. He allowed 1 earned run, however, by allowing a single to Jordan Swagerty in the top of the 9th who later scored on Brett Wiebley.

Gary Brown drove in the lone Firebird run.

Orleans travels to Hyannis Saturday to take on the Mets and hopefully rebound from their last 4 losses. Go Firebirds!

Kevin Muno Comes Up Big But Darkness Ends Game With Orleans Down 5-3

If only the game could have continued... Oh well, let's get started.

The Cotuit Kettleers got out to an early lead on a Cory Vaughn RBI single. Orleans responded with a double by Kevin Muno, a Muno stolen base and a Devin Lohman RBI single to tie it at 1-1.

The Kettleers then scored 2 in the bottom 3rd to take a 3-1 lead. Firebirds turn. They responded with 4 runs on a Matt Koch RBI double, an Alex Hassan RBI ground out, and a Riccio Torrez 2-run double. 5-3 Firebirds.

Then, it was all Kettleers from there as Cotuit scored 2 in the 6th and 1 in the 7th on Tony Plagman's 2 RBI's before the game was called. 8-5 Kettleers over the Firebirds.

Gary Brown and Devin Lohman had 2 hits each for the Firebirds. The real stud, however, was Kevin Muno. Muno went 4 for 4, and stole 2 bases. The starting pitchers, Cole Cook and Seth Blair, each went 4 innings allowing 5 earned runs. Benjamin Rowen picked up the win and Tommy Kahnle got the loss. The 15-11 Firebirds travel to Harwich on Friday to take on the former Cape League champion Mariners.