By: RJ Larson

The Cape Catfish beat the Bees Wednesday night 7-5.  The Catfish used a five run sixth inning to take a 7-2 lead.  With the score tied at 2 going into the sixth, the Burlington defense lapsed, committed two errors, allowing three unearned runs.  Cape up 7-1.

The Catfish began the game with a pair of extra base hits, a leadoff triple from Andrew Stone, and a two-run home run from Diego Johnson to give the Catfish an early 2-0 lead.  Burlington loaded the bases in the bottom of the first, got a run on an RBI single from Austin Simpson and cut the deficit to 2-1.  Burlington loaded the bases again in the third and got a RBI sac fly from Zane Zielinski to tie the game at 2-2.

Things stayed quiet the next few innings, before the Catfish used a big five run sixth to take control. The Catfish loaded the bases and got a two-run single from Jackson Campbell to take a 4-2 lead. The Bees then gave the Catfish three more runs on the two errors to allow Cape to take a 7-2 lead.  Burlington responded  in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run home run from Kevin Santiago, and Mason Land two-out RBI double in the seventh to get the Bees back within two.   Bees down 7-5, and after leaving 14 men  on base, that is how it would end.

Andrew Long suffered his second straight loss after going five innings, allowing four runs, eight hits, two walks, and had two strikeouts. The Bees had four players finish with multiple hits, led by Reid Halfacre who produced his third three hit game of the season. Kevin Santiago got his fifth home run. He leads the team with 22 RBIs.