Another Whitecaps loss... at home... again. Brewster hasn't won a game at Stony Brook Field yet this year and hasn't won in its last five games, since the 18th against Y-D. At least the ties are giving them points in the standings.
As a team, the Caps are batting under the Mendoza line (.193), which puts them dead last in the league. They should improve with the addition of a few new bats and the current players getting used to them.
Hopefully the new players in town will give the team a boost. Jedd Gyorko immediately showed he can swing the bat in his first at-bat at home, and John Barr has been a stud at the plate so far.
The pitching staff's 3.66 ERA seems pretty good, but there have been some great team pitching performances in the Cape League this season. Six of the ten teams are posting ERA's under 3, with Bourne having an incredible 1.71 (with Eric Cantrell leading the team). Whitecaps pitchers are among the league leaders in strikeouts, and are maintaining better than a 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio.
Things can only get better for the Whitecaps. During the first couple weeks of any Cape League season, the players are just getting a feel for the wooden bats and the tough competition. Now that the College World Series and Team USA tryouts are over, almost all the players are on the Cape or on their way to get started with their respective teams.
No doubt the Brewster club will begin to gel and win some ballgames.
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Wade Huchowski, Brewster Whitecaps Web Contributor
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