Baseball can be poetic and cruel. The Harwich Mariners opened the summer with a scrimmage against the Yarmouth-Dennis that went over nine innings at Red Wilson Field. Their second-to-last game went 13 innings at the same field. Niko Brini played more games than any other Mariner this season. He was...

The Mariners knew they needed a quick outing in Game Two of the Eastern Division Finals against the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. After playing 12 innings to a 6-6 tie, Game Two was suspended Saturday night due to darkness. Harwich pitching was depleted. Field manager Steve Englert used four pitchers to...

Six, that’s the number of games Aiden Robbins watched from the dugout after dislocating his finger on a slide into second base against the Hyannis Harbor Hawks. With his team facing elimination in Game 2 of the Eastern Division Finals, the league batting champ wrapped up his middle finger on...

In Game 1 of last year’s Eastern Division Finals, the underdog Harwich Mariners exploded for 10 runs on 13 hits to take the series lead against the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Fast-forward to a year later, it was the Red Sox who dropped 14 hits Friday night at Whitehouse Field. One...

Patrick Fultz walked up to the plate in the ninth inning with one goal in mind: get the bat to the next guy. Coach Steve Englert had been preaching that phrase to the Mariners for the past week. Harwich had men on first and second with no outs in a...