Orleans Clinches Playoffs With A Win And A Tie At Wareham!

Game 1: 2-2. Matt Packer threw 6 and 2/3 innings and only allowed 3 hits and 2 earned runs. Devin Lohman and Steve Selsky drove in both Firebird runs on RBI singles. After 9 innings (D-H games are supposed to be 7 innings), the game was called.

Game 2: 6-5. Orleans got itself into an early, 4-1 deficit but was determined to climb back. The "Firebird Comeback" was charged by a Devin Lohman 3-run triple and a Jeremy Gould 2-run double.

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!

4 Points In 1 Day!

Orleans had been rained out twice against Bourne causing for a Monday night, double dip in Orleans. Orleans came into the game with 13 wins and 9 losses while Bourne had 13 wins and 7 losses and 2 ties. Orleans was leading the East with Bourne leading the West. Is this a preview of the Cape League finals? Who knows?


Game One was highlighted with a Riccio Torrez two-run double to give the Firebirds the edge over the Braves. Alex Hassan went 2 for 3 and also came in to record the final 2 outs of the game for the Birds. Jimmy Reyes picked up his 3rd win of the season allowing just 2 earned runs on 4 hits over 6 and 1/3. As for Bourne, Pierre LePage had two of their four hits, one of them being a 2-bagger. Chris Wallace also hit his 2nd homer of the year off of Reyes. Orleans took game one 6 to 2.



Game Two was decided by a wild pitch from Kevin Munson allowing Steve Selsky to score Orleans' 2nd run to give them a 2 to 1 victory over the Braves. Jorge Reyes threw six tremendous innings out of the 'pen but it was Matt Packer who got his 2nd "W" this year. Gary Brown went 2 for 3 with an RBI for the Birds while Kyle Roller went 2 for 3 for the Bourne Braves.


The Orleans Firebirds improve to 15 and 9 and have won 9 of their last 11 games. They take on the Cotuit Kettleers on Tuesday.