The Martha's Vineyard Sharks defeated the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide 7-3 in order to advance to the championship series of the Futures League. After a 4-3 victory the previous night, the Sharks were able to come right back and beat the Raging Tide to close out the series.
Sharks starter John Cook (Amherst) pitched a gem of a game, going 8 innings and allowing just 3 runs. Enrique Sosa (Miami) was not as fortunate, taking the loss for the Raging Tide. The Sharks were able to get on the board in the 3rd inning with a pair of runs off a Dylan Tice (IUP) RBI-single. The Raging Tide were able to cut the lead in half with a run in the bottom half of the inning on a Graham McIntyre (Marist) sacrifice-groundout.
The Sharks were able to remain strong defensively behind a great game from Cook, and were able to add insurance runs steadily throughout the game. Davidson Peguero (Fisher) scored on an error by the Raging Tide first-baseman in the 4th. A Tad Gold (Endicott) double in the 7th scored another Sharks run to push the score to 4-1. 3 more runs in the 8th put the game out of reach, and Sharks reliever Jon Dunn (Le Moyne) came in and closed out the game for the Sharks.
Find out what's happening in Martha's Vineyardwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
The Sharks will face the Nashua Silver Knights in the championship series, beginning Wednesday (8/14) at Nashua, with game to on the Vineyard the following day. The if-necessary game will be played Friday (8/16) also on the Vineyard.
Written by Sharks intern Alex Berman, Wellesley College