After a historic 20-game start, the past week hadn't looked much like Y-D baseball.

Entering Friday, the Red Sox dropped three of their previous five games, including a 9-3 loss to Harwich in which the pitching staff turned in its roughest performance of the summer. That's why, when Yarmouth-Dennis arrived at Whitehouse Field on Friday night, the team had something to prove

Y-D is heading into the CCBL All-Star break on a high note after blanking Harwich 6-0, marking the Red Sox's third shutout in their past seven games.

“Sometimes, that’s just baseball. Things don’t go your way,” Y-D pitching coach Eric Beattie said of the July 12 loss to the Mariners. “But tonight, the pitchers did a really good job of playing catch with different pitches. We worked ahead in a lot of counts today. Guys are making some really good adjustments, and it's good to see them continuing to execute really well.”

Beattie liked what he saw from all five Y-D pitchers who appeared Friday, especially Easton Teel (Oral Roberts). The 6-foot-4 right-hander tossed four scoreless innings, allowing two hits while striking out two. His sinker has helped him string together 11 consecutive scoreless innings dating to July 3.

“Easton's a really good competitor. He sinks and cuts it really well to both parts of the plate,” Beattie said. “He's got a really good changeup, too. He can get guys out in a lot of different ways, and that makes it really hard to square up hits against him.”

The first two innings flew by before Y-D broke through in the third. With two outs and runners on first and second, Phoenix Call (UCLA) ripped a double into the left-center-field gap, scoring Caleb Daniel (Georgia Tech) and Lucas Franco (TCU) to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.

Reid Howard (Virginia) added with a safety squeeze that scored Tommy Goodin (Vanderbilt) in the fourth, and Y-D pulled away in the fifth when Daniel and Cole Hansen (Cal Baptist) each delivered RBI singles.

With a comfortable cushion, the bullpen took over. Zach Robinson (Cincinnati), Owen Birchard (Bryant), Ty Brooks (Indiana State) and Dimitri Angelakos (Georgia Tech) combined for five scoreless innings, allowing four hits while striking out five.

Robinson's outing was encouraging. Against Harwich five days earlier, he surrendered four earned runs in fewer than two innings. This time, he cruised through two scoreless frames.

“Zach’s off-speed stuff was really good and he was locating his fastball,” Beattie said. “If his fastball command is there on any day, he's going to be a great pitcher, and it was there today.”

Y-D's relievers now own a 2.35 ERA, a mark that would be the best by any Cape Cod Baseball League bullpen over the past three seasons. That depth will be critical if the Red Sox hope to make a deep postseason run after already clinching a playoff berth with 12 games remaining.

The offense is beginning to come around, too.

After a feeble June, Call has posted an .965 OPS over 11 games in July, while Daniel snapped an 0-for-20 skid with a pair of hits.

Following Friday's victory, most of Y-D will have Saturday and Sunday to reset before the stretch run. Several Red Sox, however, will stay at Whitehouse Field for Saturday's CCBL All-Star Game. Brock Ketelsen (Stanford) is one of seven Y-D players selected to compete.

“Making the All-Star Game was a goal of mine coming into the summer,” Ketelsen said. “For that to be fulfilled, it's super cool, and I'm glad that I can share it with so many great teammates.”

Y-D will provide coverage of the CCBL All-Star Game, which begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at Whitehouse Field.