Falmouth’s Bennet Smith pitched a complete game 3 hitter as Falmouth beat Westbrook in the first game of the season for both teams. Smith struck out five and walked only one in 7 innings of work.
Falmouth got on the board in the bottom of the second when Ben Keller scored on a Pete McCluskey single. Later in that inning, Smith scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-0 for the Yachtsmen.
Falmouth got 2 more runs in the third inning. Patrick Gill had a two-out RBI single and later scored on a wild pitch.
Smith kept the Blue Blazes in check until the fourth inning when they were able to string together 2 hits and cut the lead to 4-1.
Smith shut down Westbrook the rest of the way to earn the victory. Eugley took the loss for Westbrook
Gus Ford, Patrick Gill, and Pete McCluskey each had 2 hits for the Yachtsmen.
| Records | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | – | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Falmouth | 1-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | – | 4 | 9 | 2 |
Batteries—Eugley, Dow (4) and Joyce, Bean (4); Smith and Daniels..
WP—Smith (1-0).
LP—Eugley (0-1).
2B—F: McCluskey..
3B—none.
HR—none.
Repeat hitters—F: Ford, Gill, McCluskey.