Y-D: 6, Falmouth: 0

Opening day at Red Wilson Field started off on the right foot for the 2011 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Coming off a 2-0 win over the Bourne Braves on Friday, the Red Sox came out swinging in their first home game, convincingly beating the Falmouth Commodores 6-0 on a chilly evening in front of a small, yet enduring crowd.
  Mason Katz launched a two-run home run during a four-run third inning complimented by a double by Matt Wessinger that drove in Derrick Chung on a hit-and-run play and a single by Jordan Smith after a fantastic at-bat that also drove one home. Katz jacked his home run high over the left field wall on a 1-1 count that seemed to demoralize Falmouth starting pitcher, Joe Bircher.
   Bircher went into the bottom of the third cruising through the Red Sox lineup, allowing only one hit while attaining swinging strike outs on five of his first six outs. However, all broke loose in the third and the Red Sox did not turn back from there. Another run was scored in the bottom of the fifth following a couple errors by Falmouth third baseman Chase Butler and another RBI hit, a double, by right fielder Smith. Leadoff man Bo Cuthbertson drove in the final run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth.   The offense was beautifully assisted by efficient defense on the part of the Y-D Red Sox. Double plays in the top of the fourth and seventh helped to quell any threats of a comeback posed by the Commodores.
   Starting pitcher Joey Denato threw six solid innings of shutout baseball, allowing only three hits while striking out six and walking three. He even found time to assist himself gunning down Falmouth first baseman Brennan who took a wide turn around second base after a sacrifice bunt. And on the very next play, Denato picked off Falmouth catcher Cleary at first base to halt the Commodores in their tracks.   The relief pitching for the Red Sox was spectacular as well. J. Werniuk, Daniel Duval, and S. Hathaway combined for three innings of hitless and shut out relief. Among a myriad of positives, the only improvement the Red Sox should look to achieve is to minimize the errors. Five errors in the game gave the Commodores their only breath of hope, especially during their best chance to score in the top of the second inning in which two consecutive errors allowed them to load the bases before Denato picked up one of his six strike outs to end the inning.  An explosion of ten hits and solid pitching allowed the Y-D Red Sox to continue their hot start to the beginning of an exciting year. If play can persist at this level through out the summer, success is in the future.