Cape Elizabeth and York are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The Cape Elizabeth Capers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the York Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cape Elizabeth is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Poland on Wednesday as Cape Elizabeth made off with an 11-1 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Cape Elizabeth got a massive performance out of Charlie Song, who went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI. Gabe Harmon was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, York made easy work of Gray-New Gloucester on Wednesday and carried off a 15-9 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for York.
Jakob Bergeron looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Brody Gullison, who fired off two home runs, six RBI, and two stolen bases while going 4-for-5. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Ben Brown, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his six plate appearances.
Cape Elizabeth's victory bumped their record up to 7-4. As for York, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Cape Elizabeth has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like York struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Cape Elizabeth couldn't quite finish off York in their previous matchup on May 1st and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of York's Jack Joyce, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and only one walk). Now that Cape Elizabeth knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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