BOURNE, Mass. — Bourne entered its final game of the regular season with not a whole lot to play for.
Following a Wareham loss to Falmouth on Saturday, paired with a Braves win against Cotuit that same day, Bourne clinched the No. 1 seed in the West Division for the playoffs and home-field advantage for divisional play.
Their opponent on Sunday was Yarmouth-Dennis, who also didn’t have anything to play for, as it locked up the No. 4 seed in the East Division. In a game that didn’t have either side playing for much other than momentum heading into the off-day before the postseason, the Braves won, 2-1.
Both sides had runners in scoring position in the first inning, but no runs were added until Bourne went up to hit in the second.
In his first at-bat as a Brave, Luke Costello (Wake Forest) roped a double to get the momentum going. He advanced to third on a passed ball given up by Connor Capece (Creighton) behind the plate.
An RBI single off the bat of Ryan Cooney (Oregon) scored Costello, giving Bourne a 1-0 lead.
Four innings went by with no runs allowed, with Y-D starter Joshua Landry (Hope International) not giving up another run in his four innings. Quinn Holt (Utah Valley) threw a scoreless three innings for Bourne, which was followed up by Colton Hartman (Louisville) not giving up a run in his two frames.
Then the Braves got back on the board, with Kade Lewis (Wake Forest) reaching on a double. He then advanced to third on a sacrifice fly hit by Cal Sefcik (Cincinnati), where he touched home plate shortly after on an RBI single by Gavin Kelly (West Virginia), who pinch-hit for Ryker Waite (Vanderbilt), to extend the advantage to 2-0.
Y-D had a runner in scoring position in the eighth, as Jayce Tharnish (St. Bonaventure) singled and took second on a throwing error by Cooney. He then advanced to third on a groundout hit in play by Armando Briseno (Long Beach State).
The Red Sox then cut the deficit to 2-1, as Tharnish cashed in on an RBI groundout from Chris Hacopian (Texas A&M).
Landon White (Bryant) came in with one out in the ninth. Jordan Crossland (Maryland) reached second after a walk and a stolen base, but Bourne left Doran Park for the final time in the regular season with a 2-1 victory after White left Crossland stranded with a game-ending strikeout handed to Jack Bell (TCU).
Bourne Braves Player of the Game
Holt delivered another solid outing in his second start and third appearance for Bourne, throwing three scoreless innings.
Key moment
Saxon Roberts (Auburn) and Tim Lawson (North Carolina) made their Braves debuts on the mound, allowing just one run between them and not letting the game blow up in favor of Y-D.
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