HARWICH, Mass. - Six 'Dores are up in Harwich this afternoon to take part in one of the most stacked CCBL All-Star Game weekends in recent memory.

Every guy has a different story: different mechanics, different experiences, different struggles and different successes. All pave unique paths that converge at Whitehouse Field.

Here's what they had to say about their first 28 games on the Cape.

Fabio Peralta | Starting OF | Miami

Fabio's constant energy and relentlessness has made him one of the best center fielders on the Cape, as he's gone perfect in 47 chances thus far. At the dish, he boasts a .350 on-base percentage as Falmouth's secondary leadoff hitter, but even that doesn't tell the full story.

The real value from Fabio is the quality at-bats he puts together, according to head coach Jack Dahm. "You look at Fabio's last 10 at bats, he's hitting the ball hard," he said.

Fabio's 13 stolen bases and 13 walks, both top-2 ranks on the Commodore roster, signals his ability to manufacture runs when Falmouth needs them the most. Against a difficult slate of games to round out the month - one that includes both first-place teams in the CCBL - that ability will be invaluable.

Austin Mallee | Starting DH | Transfer Portal

Austin could be considered the most complete hitter on the Commodore roster, not only because of his team-best .253 average, but because of the fact that he could hit for power, for average and come through with runners in scoring position.

At the start of the season, Mallee's .750 average with RISP with 3 RBI was a major factor in Falmouth's 3-1 start - one of their best starts to the CCBL regular season in the past decade.

"Coming here out of JUCO, I didn't really expect to be an All Star," said Mallee. "Coach Dahm let my dad know before it got released and my dad FaceTime me and he's let me know that I was an All Star, so it was pretty cool to share that experience with my dad."

Consistency is the name of the game in baseball and for Austin, turning consistency into a daily habit is the X-factor. "The level of competition changes a little bit, but I don't think the personal goal changes....the conversations are still the same," he says.

Austin never needed to adjust to the Cape League level of college baseball. It was always in him. He just needed the stage to show it.

Ben Slanker | OF | Louisville

Ben is the power supply for the Commodores one of only two active players with multiple homers on the season. But he's been productive beyond the long ball at the plate, tied for the team lead with 20 hits and second with 10 RBI.

"[I've] just [been] trying to stay on the barrel," he says. "Drive pitches that I could get see deep."

Before the Midsummer Classic, Ben will represent Falmouth in the Home Run Contest that kicks off 90 minutes before first pitch. Not his first rodeo by any means. In fact, he's got a home run derby victory under his belt.

But the stage looked quite different.

"I was 14 [using] metal bats, and the fences were like 250, so this is a pretty big change, but I'm super pumped for it...gotta be ready for it, prepare a little bit, know what I'm getting myself into."

Hitting for Ben is almost like a puzzle in trying to piece together the mechanics necessary to hang with the best of the best. Picking hitting coach Beau McMillan's brain gives him some good clues as to what fits where.

"I've been working with Beau a lot, just trying to calm down a little bit [and] be free and easy. This league is very difficult, so you got to just take what you can get, just try grind out ABs."

In short, communication is key. Ben's learned all about it through the first two-thirds of the season.

Riley Jackson | 1B | Kentucky

Riley understood the magnitude of being a Cape League all star, saying "its a once-in-a-lifetime an opportunity to be a Cape All-Star, its the best league in the country for college guys to come and for me to be an all-star, that's awesome."

The Cape is the best place for college players to get better not only because of the elite crop of competition it attracts, but because every player that partakes in the regular season sees peaks and valleys. Riley's been grateful for that experience thus far.

"If you don't have your A game on on that day, you're gonna fail...This league will really teach you how to say come back from failure and better yourself."

Its impossible to know what days you're going to see success, and what days you're going to fail. That's why the cliché term "memory of a goldfish" becomes more real as one ascends to higher levels of college baseball.

"You just go in a game [with] a clear mind and clearheaded and whatever happens, happens," he said. "The only thing you you can control are what pitches you swing at. You can't control where you hit the ball - it's very hard to - and if you hit it right at somebody."

A lot of hidden gems for ballplayers lie in their shortcomings. Riley is one of the best on the Cape in picking them out.

Ty Kaunas | SS/2B | Texas Tech

While other players found out they were all stars through their coaches, parents and teammates, Ty received the news in an unconventional way: through the Commodore interns.

Well, not directly, but through the works of the social media team.

"I actually found out they threw out the post on Instagram, so it was pretty cool," Ty said.

Ty's motivation for getting out on Cape Cod was to compete. "Facing the best competition I can [is] the reason why I came up to the Cape," he says. "Just to experience this type of pitching [while] keeping my same approach."

Making the jump from the Big Ten to the Big 12 is no easy one for any college ballplayer, but being on the Cape is the best preparation one could get. Ty knows it, and is taking full advantage.

"Every day, you're facing a new arm, you're facing a guy out of a pen that's 95 plus every single day. You're facing the best guys around, and that's what it's all about."

Ty's 16 RBIs and seven extra-base hits, both team highs, are an indication that the intensity that the CCBL brings has done more than enough to prep him to join a Men's College World Series-ready roster.

Kenyon Collins | RHP | Marshall

Kenny Collins is the only arms from the 'Dores that's carved a path to Harwich this year, but that's no knock on their pitching staff. A combination of Team USA invites, pitch limits and draft shakeups has caused a lot of internal turnover, but Collins has been the workhorse for them through it all: a team-high four starts and 20 punchouts across 18.1 innings thus far.

"You work hard for things and you earn it" he says. "It's something I've always believed in growing up and what I've always been told from my parents too. You got to work hard for everything and everything you get, you earn."

Kenny's been taking the opportunity summer baseball presents to put himself in "attack mode", filling up the strike zone early in counts.

"A big thing to switched for me during college season was my approach on attacking the game," said Kenny. "You just attack guys, don't steer clear of the zone."

The 'Dores preach "get ahead, stay ahead." Collins is one of the best in the league at doing just that.

The 2026 All-Star Game commences from Whitehouse Field at 6:00 p.m. tonight.