Vanderbilt's Walker Buehler was dominant last night with 8 shutout innings on 3 H & 8 K for Y-D, as Falmouth sustained its first postseason loss, 5-0, on Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field.
Game 2 is at 4 pm today at Y-D's Red Wilson Field. If the Commodores force a decisive Game 3, they'll return to Falmouth to host it Saturday night (Road Race Eve).
Really hoping Jeff Trundy's kids can get it done, as Falmouth's gone without a title for 34 years. It would also be a nice "eff you" to the departed team execs who tried to oust him as manager.
Falmouth's last championship series was in 2007 -- also vs Scott Pickler and Y-D. The Red Sox won their 2nd straight CCBL title that year (3rd in 4 seasons), and were an offensive juggernaut with future big-leaguers Buster Posey (playing primarily at SS), Jason Castro (getting most of the starts at C ahead of Posey), Gordon Beckham, Grant Green & Collin Cowgill. Y-D's staff was anchored by BC's Terry Doyle (who pitched for the PawSox & Sea Dogs last year and is now in the Braves' system) and Georgia Tech's Eddie Burns (whose promising career ended with labrum surgery a year after he turned pro).