The Falmouth Commodores (1-0) beat the Harwich Mariners (0-1) 6-2 on Wednesday at Arnie Allen Diamond behind Kevin Newman, who collected three hits.
He singled in the fourth, fifth, and eighth innings.The Falmouth Commodores got the win thanks in large part to Brandon Finnegan's dominant, eight-strikeout performance. Finnegan allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk over five innings.
Patrick Connaughton couldn't get it done on the bump for the Harwich Mariners, taking a loss. He lasted just four innings, walked two, struck out three, and allowed three runs.