As the baseball season gets going, it’s easy to get lost in the daily routine of working game-after-game. We forget to look at the trends. Each week we will open up the stat book and see what’s been good, bad, or interesting with the Mariners.

The pitching staff has carried the team in the early part of the season.

Stats are accurate through June 21st games.

Jake McCoy among the elite

The South Carolina lefty has established himself as one of the dominant starting pitchers early on this summer. His opening night start caught the league’s attention. His 10 strikeouts were the most by a Mariner pitcher since Eric Reyzelman. The mark matched the best opening night strikeout total on the Cape since 2010.

Here are his ranks among starters with two starts through Saturday's games

• ERA: 1st (0.00)
• Strikeouts: 1st (17)
• WHIP: 6th (0.96)
• SO/9: 1st (18.36)
• BB/9: 4th (2.16)

Due for one more start this summer, McCoy has already left his mark on the Cape League.

Rodriguez mixing it up

Outside McCoy, Hawaii's Freddy Rodriguez gave Harwich its best start during the first week. He pitched four scoreless innings and allowed just three baserunners against the Falmouth Commodores.

If Rodriguez continues to mix his pitches like he did against the Commodores, it’s going to be hard for any team to find its timing. On the eye test alone, every other pitch out of his hand was looking different.

And the analytics agree.

In his first start, the righty registered six different pitch types, with the majority coming from four pitches: fastball, sinker, slider and changeup.

Here is the full breakdown:

• Fastball (20.5%)
• Sinker (17.6%)
• Slider (23.5%)
• Changeup (32.4%)
• Curveball (2.9%)
• Cutter (2.9%)

Expect a good summer from Rodriguez if he can keep hitters guessing.

Wolff starting cold then catching fire

Nobody flipped the switch more than first baseman Kyle Wolff to start the season. The Boston College Eagle went hitless in his first six at-bats of the season. After hitting a home run in his third at-bat against Falmouth, Wolff proceeded to get a hit in his next four at-bats.

In a matter of a few days, his OPS went from 0 to 1.167 from the beginning of Monday to the end of Tuesday.

Double plays galore

Behind a great staff has been a great defense. While Harwich has the second most double plays in the league, it’s not the number of the twin-killing that's impressive, but the variety. Of the eight double plays here is how the look in the book (in order from oldest to most recent):

• 3-6-3 (1B-SS-1B)
• 6U (SS unassisted)
• 1-4-3 (P-2B-1B)
• 4-6-3 (2B-SS-1B)
• 5-4-3 (3B-2B-1B)
• 6-3 (SS-1B)
• 3-6 (1B-SS)
• 4-6-3 (2B-SS-1B)
• 6-4-3 (SS-2B-1B)

It took the seventh of the double play of the season for the Mariners to turn the same one twice. That's not something you see every day. Englert has been able to move guys like Maddox Molony, Tyler Bell, and Eric Becker around the infield and still get results.

Leading off: Niko Brini

When Niko Brini is in the lineup, he usually makes a difference whether at the plate or in the field. While Harwich has played around with multiple lineups early in the season, the Wofford outfielder at the top has proven dividends.

Among players with multiple games batting first, Brini is second in OPS with 1.044, behind only Brewster’s Josiah Ragsdale (1.112). His .385 batting average from the spot only trails Ragsdales .412 figure.

Against Cotuit on Tuesday, he had a hit in three consecutive innings.

Brini only one of two guys to hit a triple batting first and his five hits are tied for third-most.

Quick hits:

• Harwich hitters of gotten hit a league-leading 13 times. Steve Englert love toughness
• The Mariners are the only team with three shutouts
• Four Mariners have stolen a base this summer, none of them have gotten caught
• The pitching staff leads the league with a 2.07 ERA
• Eric Becker opened the season on a three-game hit-streak. During that period he hit .500 and his OPS was 1.11