Bourne Braves heat up with another win. CCBL ROUNDUP

Don't look now but the Bourne Braves are getting hot.

With Tuesday's 4-3, eight-inning win over the Cotuit Kettleers, the Bourne Braves are 12-10-3 and in first place of the West Division. Cotuit fell to 9-14-2 with the defeat.

The Braves have now won five of their last seven games.

Josiah Overbeek was the only Braves player with two hits.

The Braves scored the first run of the game when Austin Hawke (Wake Forest) scored on a sacrifice fly in the top of the third inning for an early 1-0 lead.

Luke Costello (Wake Forest) scored on a wild pitch to tie the score at two in the top of the fourth inning.

The Braves took the lead in the top of the eighth inning. Rustan RIgdon (Vanderbilt) walked, stole second, stole third and then scored on a wild pitch. Costello then scored on a bases-loaded hit by pitch to give the Braves a 4-2 lead.

Cotuit struck in the bottom of the third inning as Dawson Park (Texas State) hit an RBI double to center field. Later in the inning, Noah Coy (Notre Dame) scored on a fielder's choice to give the Kettleers a 2-1 edge.

Cotuit scored again on a Coy RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning.

In other Cape Cod Baseball League action:

Hyannis Harbor Hawks 3, Falmouth Commodores 0

The Harbor Hawks (11-14) only scored in one inning, but it was enough in a win over the Commodores (10-12-2).

The Hyannis pitching was strong to earn a shutout win. Brady St. Pierre (Southeastern Louisiana), Bruce Littleton (Southern Mississippi), Cohen Gomez (Stanford), Kevin Landry Farr (Southern Mississippi) and Truitt Webb (Southeastern Louisiana) combined to keep the Commodores off the scoreboard.

The pitchers only allowed five hits and one walk. They struck out nine batters. Littleton and Gomez had three strikeouts apiece.

Hyannis scored all three of their runs in the top of the second inning. Henry Zenor (South Carolina-Upstate) reached on an infield hit and had two runs scored off an error. Zenor later scored on a fielder's choice to make it 3-0 Harbor Hawks.

For Falmouth, Casen Murphy (Louisville) did not allow a hit in four innings with one walk and two strikeouts.

Adam Kurkjian covers softball, baseball, girls tennis and outdoor track & field for the Cape Cod Times. You can contact him at akurkjian@gannett.com and follow him on X at @AdamKurkjian.

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