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Phillips Inched Out for Batting Title, Orleans Sweeps Doubleheader
Box Score:Game Tracker | HTML | TextNight Game: From the start of the season finale, it would be over three hours until the last out was recorded. For the majority of that time, it seemed a safe bet that 1.) Orleans would win the game, and 2.) Phillips would take home the batting title. The first run of the game was scored by Chatham. Joe Sever (Pepperdine), the winner of the Anglers' Coach's Award, ripped an RBI single to score the hot-hitting Darrell Matthews in the top of the first inning. Also notable in that frame was an infield hit for Dane Phillips. In the bottom of the second, Tissenbaum struck again, hitting his second home run of the day just over the foul pole in right field to tie the game at 1-1. That would be the first of three round-trippers that Anglers' starting pitcher Dace Kime (Louisville) would allow, and the first of seven runs. He would only last 3.2 innings. A walk and base hit relinquished by Kime in the bottom of the fourth inning set the stage for a back-breaking three-run home run off the bat of Andrew Aplin (Arizona State). It made the score 7-2 in favor of the Firebirds. In the fifth, Chatham gave away another run to the Eastern Division champs courtesy of a bases loaded walk by new pitcher Eric Jaffe (UCLA). Through five at Eldredge Park, Orleans led 8-2. But, Angler Nation still had an acute rooting interest in the game as Dane Phillips (1-3) was batting .349, while Matt Duffy (also 1-3) sat at .346. After Duffy's next at-bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, an RBI sac fly to push the score to 9-2, he and Phillips (strikeout in the top sixth) were each owners of a .346 batting average with only three innings to play in the season. The top of the seventh inning marked a sea change in the complexion of the game. Chatham, down by seven runs with nothing to play for but pride, scrapped together a double by Sever, infield hit by Kris Bryant (San Diego), and singles by John Gianis (NC State), J.T. Watkins, and Stephen Perez (Miami) to create a 9-5, two out, bases loaded situation. Due up: Dane Phillips. With the game and the batting title on the line, Phillips did not disappoint. He took an offering from lefty submarine-throwing reliever Kenny Long (Ill. State) and deposited it into right field for a two-run base hit. The gap in the game was closing: 9-7 Orleans led after seven innings. The gap in the batting race was widening: Phillips .352, Duffy .346. Richie Shaffer (Clemson) pulled a home run down the left field line in the top of the eighth inning, cutting the Chatham deficit to one run, 9-8. That, however, was as close as the Anglers would get. Duffy walked in his last at-bat, cementing his mark at .346. Phillips would get up with a chance to tie the game in the top of the ninth. He went down looking at strike three. When his final batting average was calculated, Phillips finished at .349, good for second place in the CCBL. That's right, second place. Out of nowhere, Y-D's Stephen Piscotty (Stanford) submitted a 4 for 5 day at the plate against Harwich, boosting his average by 22 points and simultaneously qualifying him for the batting title by just over the minimum percentage of at-bats. Piscotty, whose first three digits were identical to Phillips at .349, beat Phillips out by exactly .0002 points. The Chatham Anglers ended the season with a 15-28-1 record, missing out on postseason play. One thing cannot be disputed, however, and that is that during the 2011 campaign, there was seldom a dull moment. There were College World Series players who arrived after the start of the season (or never at all), and those who went home early. There were those who got injured, and those who signed professional contracts. There were those who participated in rain delay antics, and those who danced The Bernie. There was one who chased the batting title, and there were many who cheered him on. In the end, both participants and spectators alike can take joy and pride in the fact that they were involved in another season of baseball on Cape Cod. And it just doesnt get much better than that. Box Score:Game Tracker | HTML | Text |
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