​The Harwich Mariners appeared to be on the brink of a loss even though they had carried a no-hitter through nine innings. Chatham Anglers finally broke through in the 10th, tagging a single run on the board in the top half when Rob Rispoli of Connecticut lined a hit to break up the no-hitter, and Drey Barrett of Southern Miss came home on a fielder’s choice to put Chatham ahead 1-0. Yet Harwich did not fold. In the bottom of the 10th, the Mariners mounted a rally that produced the decisive runs and completed a 3-2 victory, lifting them to 14-9 on the season while dropping Chatham to 10-11-2.
On the mound, Harwich’s pitching held up for long stretches. Jakob Schulz from Vanderbilt delivered five innings, yielding one earned run, walking four, and striking out ten while allowing just one hit. TJ Ziermann of UNC Wilmington worked four scoreless innings, giving up no hits or walks and fanning seven. Thomas Mitchell from Elon pitched the 11th inning, giving up a single hit and a run, but still earning the win. For Chatham, Angel Cervantes from UCLA started and impressed, lasting four innings with no hits, no walks, and six strikeouts, but the Anglers were unable to hold the tie.
The game remained tied at one through the regulation nine innings. Harwich earned the official no-hitter status despite the 10th-inning drama because the tying run came in the bottom of the ninth, and the game concluded with Harwich having prevented a hit from breaking the string in extra outs beyond nine. The bottom of the 10th produced the comeback. Nate Castellon of Cal Poly delivered an RBI single to knot the score at 1-1, finishing 2-for-5 with one run and one RBI. The Mariners then took the lead thanks to a run-scoring hit by Jackson Hotchkiss of Washington, which produced the winning RBI, and placed Harwich ahead for good.
Chatham’s early pressure yielded a first-inning lead when Bino Watters of Notre Dame scored on a wild pitch to make it 1-0. Harwich’s response in the bottom of the ninth, anchored by Kevin Milewski of Mississippi State, tied the game with an RBI single; Milewski finished 3-for-3 with one RBI, contributing the decisive hit that kept Harwich alive.
In other Cape Cod Baseball League action, the Whitecaps improved to 15-7-1 with a late surge, scoring two runs in the seventh and two more in the ninth to defeat the Kettleers, who dropped to 8-13-2. Holden Pantier of Brewster, from Walters State Community College, provided a spark with two hits, going 2-for-3 and scoring twice. Brewster’s offense got going with Pantier scoring on a passed ball in the second, then again on a fielder’s choice in the third. Edward Yamin IV of LSU contributed a run-scoring single to right in the sixth, tying the game at three. The Whitecaps pulled away in the seventh with two more runs, including Jamie Laskofski of William & Mary delivering a two-run homer to right for his second round-tripper of the summer. A seventh-inning run by Terrence Kiel II of Texas A&M followed a wild pitch that allowed Laskofski to score in the ninth as well, padding Brewster’s lead.
Cotuit, meanwhile, did not need long to strike back in their game. They scored twice in the bottom of the first inning, with Jesse DiMaggio of Westmont singling to center to drive in an early run and set the tone for Cotuit’s offensive rhythm. The Anglers’ defense and pitching continued to shape the narrative as the game unfolded, but the early two-run burst by Cotuit established momentum that proved difficult to overcome in the opening frame.
For those following the league on this day, the Harwich victory underscored a resilient comeback in a game that featured a rare no-hitter that survived nine innings only to be briefly interrupted in the 10th, all culminating in a win that kept Harwich within reach of the upper portion of the standings. The Cape Cod Baseball League continues to showcase a mix of veteran leadership and young talent, with both pitching depth and timely hitting proving pivotal in close, late-inning scenarios.