If there is a quintessential game that shows how quickly a baseball game can change, Harwich’s game Tuesday night at Chatham was the perfect example. A 3-2 score going into the bottom of the ninth ended in a 7-7 tie after 10 innings. With no winner, the Mariners and Anglers were each awarded a point in the standings.

After recording four hits through nine innings the Mariners got four in the tenth inning alone. With Niko Brini starting the inning at second base as a ghost runner, Tyler Bell doubled him in to give Harwich the 4-3 lead.

Harwich tacked on three more runs to go up by four.

Mariners field manager Steve Englert sent Kansas State’s Tazwell Butler out to the mound for his third inning of work, hoping to seal the victory.

Butler had pitched two scoreless innings where he struck out four Anglers and did not allow a hit.

But it would be the Anglers with one final punch.

Already with one run to make the score 7-4, Ace Reese came up with two men on and two outs.

Butler delivered a fastball down the heart of the plate and Reese took the pitch over the center field fence to knot the game at seven.

For a game that crawled for 8.5 innings, the final three half-innings provided enough excitement for the entire week.

“ It's a crazy game and you know, we were getting stuffed there down 3-2,” he said. “We ended up tying that game up and then we jumped ahead. But it’s a crazy game. Down here, I mean it's never over.”

Butler ended up throwing a season-high 51 pitches.

Broussard’s Dash Ties Game

With one out in the ninth inning, Harwich was desperate to generate any kind of offense. Scattering just three singles to that point, the need was going to need to rely on small-ball to stay alive.

Insert Tre Broussard.

With a single to left field, the Houston center fielder gave new life to the Mariners.

Once again, Harwich’s speed led to a run.

Before throwing a pitch to Bristol Carter, Chatham reliever Kade Smith threw the ball away trying to pick Broussard off at first.

With the ball rolling away, Broussard didn’t slow down, rounding second base and made the dash to third.

Chatham’s Chase Fralick attempt to gun down Broussard went wide of third base, allowing him to finish his trip home to tie the game at three.

Hitting just .185 this summer, Broussard makes up for the lack of contact with his speed.

“That's his tool. He's a weapon out there, wreaks havoc on the bases,” Englert said.

Anglers rally in the sixth

After scoring two runs in the fourth inning, all arrows pointed towards a Harwich Mariners win. The league’s best pitching staff with a 2.06 ERA facing an offense with a league-low .171 batting average should have been a recipe for success.

The game turned for the worse in the sixth inning.

After getting the first out in the bottom of the inning, starting pitcher Freddy Rodriguez left the game with a man on first and his team up 2-0.

With reliever Ryan Bilka taking the mound, Anglers offense suddenly caught fire.

Four of the next five Anglers singled, taking the 3-2 lead.

With two starts under his Belt, Rodriguez now has an ERA of 0.96 with six strikeouts across 9.1 innings.

Coming into the game, Chatham’s .171 batting average and .297 OBP were the worst in the league.

The Mariners remain in third place in the East Division. Even with the point, Chatham remains in last place in the division.

Harwich hosts the Y-D Red Sox Wednesday at Whitehouse Field.