The Hyannis Harbor Hawks put together an all-around complete win, downing the Cotuit Kettleers 3-2 at Lowell Park on Saturday afternoon while giving up only one hit and pushing a clutch run across in the ninth to seal the victory, with third baseman Jon Embury delivering the big RBI.

“We needed something like that,” said Hyannis manager Mitch Karraker, who guided the Hawks to their second consecutive win and a 3-4 overall record. “It’s been a tough go, it feels like, so it was good to come through in that moment.”

Pitchers Kyle Alivo, Van Froling and Truitt Webb threw a combined one-hitter. Alivo started the game with four innings of hitless ball, walking two. Webb tossed three perfect innings to close out the game, earning the win. Each pitcher struck out four Kettleers.

“Everything was working,” Alivo said. “Fastball was really good, curveball was good. I had a good feel for everything.”

It was the University of Iowa righthander’s second scoreless start of the season, and his second that led to a win.

Alivo said getting ahead in the count – he started eight of 14 batters off with first-pitch strikes – and “dictating the at bats” were the keys to his game, and credited the defense behind him with helping him get quick outs as he departed after a four-frame innings limit.

Immediately after Alivo’s departure, the Hawks leaped out to a two-run lead. After catcher Will Fosberg reached with a base on balls to lead off the fifth, right fielder Tanner Chun grounded out to move him into scoring position.

Cotuit replaced its starter, and Hyannis jumped on his replacement with a two-out rally. Center fielder and leadoff man Henry Zenor singled Fosberg in, collecting his first RBI of the season.

Zenor stole second, and first baseman Caden Miller singled him in two batters later, putting the Hawks up 2-0.

“Guys had good approach[es] when they were up there,” Karraker said. “Our guys do a really good job of swinging at pitches we should [swing at].”

Though left fielder JP Head walked to load the bases, Hyannis couldn’t break the game open as Cotuit reliever Chase Van Ameyde stranded the sacks full.

After a perfect two-strikeout bottom of the fifth, Hawks southpaw Van Froling found himself in trouble in the sixth as the Kettleers knotted the game at two. With two hit by pitches and a walk, Froling loaded the bases, and Cotuit second baseman Hunter Warren delivered the Kettleers' only hit of the game to even the score.

“Van came in, had a good first inning, scuffled a little bit, which is normal,” Karraker said. “The good thing is he minimized it to only two runs, which was huge.”

The UC Santa Barbara lefty turned his outing around, notching two strikeouts and inducing a two-pitch groundout to strand two men in scoring position.

The seventh and eighth passed with only one baserunner between the two teams – Embury, who reached base four times in his three-hit game, walked in the seventh – as Hawks righty Truitt Webb delivered three dominant innings.

“Truitt was electric tonight,” Karraker said. “Good stuff, could locate three pitches for strikes. In this game, and pretty much at any level, if you can throw strikes with multiple pitches, you’re going to be in good shape.”

Webb threw 22 of 36 pitches for strikes in his perfect outing.

Two Truitts faced off in the seventh as Cotuit righty Truitt Manuel spun two scoreless innings, striking out one and walking only Head.

Under threat of a tie and with Kettleers reliever Kyle Kipp on the mound, the Hawks scratched a third run across in the top of the ninth. Shortstop Taylor Kirk reached with a one-out knock and stole second.

Down to Hyannis’ final out in regulation play, Embury stepped up with his third single of the game to drive Kirk home to put the Hawks up 3-2 – Hyannis’ third hit of the night with runners in scoring position.

“At first, I thought they were going to pitch around me,” Embury said. “I took a changeup, and they came back with a fastball. Turned on it a little bit, not the prettiest hit, but I got the job done.”

Embury, the Florida Gulf Coast University backstop who has started at third base twice due to the Hawks’ weath of catching talent, is batting .524 with a 1.249 OPS across 21 at bats in six games.

Webb shut the Kettleers down in the bottom of the ninth, capping off the win with two strikeouts.

“We’re still not putting up a ton of runs, but our approach is getting better, our timing is getting better,” Karraker said. “We’re playing really good, and the pitching staff has been phenomenal. The last three games, we put up a lot of zeroes … so there’s a lot of positives we can take away from today.”

The Harbor Hawks look to climb to .500 for the first time this season on Sunday, hosting the Chatham Anglers at McKeon Park. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.