daily fog: the elusive d. mack

So, last night, I planned on writing about some of the guys on the leaderboard, but I gave up pretty early because the leading hitter was D. Mack . . . and I couldn't find his first name anywhere. Not on the category leaders page, not on the stats page, not on the Y-D roster. He was just D. Mack. A google search netted results relating to Connie Mack, a football player named Darrell Mack, and a MySpace page for D. Mack, male, 24-years-old from the United States who likes to go to movies.

Finally, though, someone knows his name. As noted in the Cape Cod Times wrap-up this morning, it's DeAngelo. He's from South Carolina.
And he's crushing the ball.

Mack went 2-for-5 last night with three RBI to lead Yarmouth-Dennis past Cotuit 9-8. It was the first win of the season for the Red Sox and the first loss for Cotuit. Mack is now hitting .500, tops in the league.

The game was a match-up of the two top-hitting teams in the league and the score certainly reflected that. Y-D starter Greg Peavey (Orgeon State) and Cotuit starter Mario Hollands (UC Santa Barbara) each gave up five earned runs as the offenses got in gear during the middle innings.

Josh Rutledge (Alabama) had three hits and three RBI and Whit Merrifield (South Carolina) added two hits for Y-D. Kevin Patterson (Auburn), Jeff Schaus (Clemson) and Dallas Poulk (NC State) all had hits for Cotuit, keeping themselves in the top 10 in batting average. Mike Bianucci (Auburn) had a home run.

Elsewhere

• Some strong pitching performances last night, with Wareham's Brandon Workman (Texas) leading the way. He tossed six shutout innings and struck out eight as Wareham beat Bourne 6-0. Workman, a freshman, was a third-round pick in the 2007 draft, so he was about as highly-touted as it gets when he arrived in Austin. He didn't have a great spring, though, finishing with a 5.19 ERA. This was his first appearance on the Cape and he made it count. You'll often see freshmen who had shaky springs come back with big summers, and I think Workman is a prime candidate to do that.
  

• Another freshman had a strong showing, as Chatham's Sammy Solis (San Diego) allowed two unearned runs and struck out eight in five innings as the A's topped Hyannis 5-3. It was the first win of the year for the A's, who scored more runs and allowed fewer than in their previous three games. Chatham shuffled its lineup, putting Grant Green (USC) in the leadoff spot. He delivered one hit, while Devin Lohman (Long Beach) smacked a three-run home run. Drew Muren (Cal State Northridge) worked four innings of relief and struck out eight for the Mets.
  

• A.J. Pollock (Notre Dame) went 3-for-5 with three runs scored to lead Falmouth past Brewster 8-4. Connor Powers (Mississippi State) had his first two hits of the summer for Brewster.

• The game of the night was in Orleans, where the Cardinals beat Harwich 3-2 in 12 innings. Shaun Kort (Nevada) won it with an RBI double in the 12th. Four Orleans relievers combined for seven shutout innings to keep the game tied. Andrew Giobbi (Vanderbilt) had a home run for Harwich to vault into the league lead in RBI.

• Chris Dominguez (Louisville), a recent addition to the Hyannis roster, was in the lineup for the second straight night. He's still hitless, but keep an eye on him. He's got all the potential in the world.
  

What to Watch For Tonight

• Only three games tonight, all involving teams trying to find their way. The Y-D vs. Hyannis match-up looks like an interesting one. Ryan Sharpley (Notre Dame) gets the ball for the Mets. He struck out seven in three innings of relief last time out. He'll try to shut down a Y-D offense that has scored 14 runs in its last two games.