BOURNE, Mass. 一 The Cape Cod Baseball League is proud to crown the Harwich Mariners as the 2024 Cape League champions following their 4-3 victory over the Bourne Braves at Doran Park in Bourne in Game 3 of the Championship Series. The championship marks the organization’s sixth title (1933, 1983, 1987, 2008, 2011) and manager Steve Englert’s third at the helm.
“This was a group that came out here every day,” Englert said. “Didn’t matter what the record was. They just played hard. Our attitude for the last eight games of the season was that we just had to get in. We could do damage [if we got in], and we did.”
Commissioner John Castleberry named Wilson Weber (Oregon State) as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.
Weber tallied a .375 batting average in the playoffs alongside a .965 OPS and added two runs, nine hits, three XBH, six RBI and four walks.
How they did it
Opening round
The East’s third-seeded Harwich Mariners outlasted the Chatham Anglers, 7-5, in the opening round. The Mariners tied things up in the ninth when Aiden Robbins (Seton Hall) singled to score Cam Maldonado (Northeastern), who led off the inning with a triple. Weber had the game-winning hit, scoring Robbins.
Second round
The Mariners continued their playoff success in the second round, sweeping the top-seeded Y-D Red Sox in two games, 10-2 and 5-1. Harwich put up a 10-spot on the Red Sox in Game 1, sending across three runs in the opening frame. In Game 2, Donovan Burke (James Madison) threw eight innings and gave up one run to guide Harwich to its first Cape League Championship Series since 2019. Macon Winslow (Duke) had three RBI for the Mariners.
Finals
Harwich struck first in the series opener, defeating Bourne, 7-3. Cade Kurland (Florida) and Matt Scannell (Wake Forest) added two RBI and one hit to lead the Mariners to victory. After falling in Game 2 at home, Harwich took care of business in the decisive third game, topping the two-time defending champs, 4-3. The Mariners got on the board early, scoring on a Winslow single in the second inning. In the third inning, the Mariners extended their lead when Weber doubled and Kurland singled to each pick up RBI. Maldonado extended the lead in the seventh inning, knocking an RBI double to help Harwich secure the Cape League title.
About Cape Cod Baseball League
The Cape Cod Baseball League (Cape League), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is the premier collegiate summer baseball league in the nation, officially formed in 1923, but with roots dating back to 1885. Players from across the United States representing all NCAA college divisions are recruited to play in the 10-team league. Teams are located across Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Cotuit, Falmouth, Harwich, Hyannis, Orleans, Wareham and Yarmouth-Dennis. There are annually more than 350 active Cape League alumni playing in the Major Leagues and over 1,600 all-time. For more information, visit CapeCodBaseball.org.
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Chris Duong
Cape Cod Baseball League
