Cape Cod, Mass. 一The Cape Cod Baseball League is pleased to announce the schedule for the Championship Series of the 2025 Cape League Playoffs, presented by Reader’s Hardwood Supply. The Bourne Braves and Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox will face off in the Championship Series for the first time ever, with each seeking history while pursuing the 2025 title.
The best-of-three games Cape League Championship Series will occur between Aug. 11-13; the start times and locations are as follows:
- Game 1, Aug. 11: Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox at Bourne Braves, 6 p.m.
- Game 2, Aug. 12: Bourne Braves at Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, 4 p.m.
- Game 3, Aug. 13: Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox at Bourne Braves , 6 p.m.*
(* If necessary)
How they got there
Bourne
The Braves won a tight West Division on the final day of the regular season, locking them in as the No. 1 seed in the process. They defeated the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in three games in the Divisional Series and drew a matchup with the Cotuit Kettleers in the Divisional Finals.
The Braves won game one at home in blowout fashion but dropped game two at Cotuit. They trailed late in game three, but late inning heroics from Jason Torres (Alabama) and Gavin Kelly (West Virginia) led to a 13-inning walk-off, sending Bourne to their fifth straight Championship series.
Bourne, managed by Scott Landers, is in search of their 5th Cape League Championship, which would be their third in four years. They are the first team since the 1966-72 Falmouth Commodores to make at least four straight Championship series.
Yarmouth-Dennis
The Red Sox recorded the longest win streak of the 2025 regular season at nine games, but fell to the No. 4 seed in the East Division playoffs. They drew a matchup with the 2025 President’s Trophy recipient Orleans Firebirds, but reclaimed their spark and eliminated Orleans in two games.
In the Divisional Finals, Y-D took on the Harwich Mariners in a rematch of last year’s East Divisional Final, where Harwich swept them. After a 13-inning marathon that involved the game being suspended for darkness in game two, the Red Sox had to head back to Whitehouse Field for game three. They flipped the script this year, and seven runs from their offense on the backs of Will Baker (Georgia Tech) and Nick Costello (UC San Diego) sent Y-D to their first Championship series since 2016.
Scott Pickler, the winningest manager in Cape League history, now leads the Red Sox
into the Championship Series in search of their 11th title.
Meetings this season
- June 16: Bourne tied YD, 1-1
- July 5: Bourne defeated YD, 10-1
- July 22: Bourne tied YD, 4-4
- Aug. 3: Bourne defeated YD, 2-1
All Cape League Championship Series game times are subject to change due to weather conditions. Further updates can be found on CapeCodLeague.com or @OfficialCCBL on X.
It is free to attend Cape League Championship Series, and all games are also streamed free-of-charge on Cape League TV, which is available for iOS and Android devices, as well as on connected TVs.
